Prospective investors into this growing asset class often ask the question –
Why does a gap exist between bank and non-bank funding? If these loans are creditworthy, why would the banks not fund them?
NEST EGG
Marketplace lender, Zagga, recently partnered with UTS to design a machine learning algorithm that predicts investor behaviour to shorten the matching process. But what ramifications will artificial intelligence have on the investment sphere?
Nest Egg sat down with Zagga CEO, Alan Greenstein, to learn more about the project and AI in the world of investing.
MORTGAGE BUSINESS
“We’re very pleased to be embarking on the next phase of our growth journey with Crowd Bank, and continuing to support Australian businesses with flexible funding to help them realise their own growth objectives.”
Alan Greenstein, added that the alternative investment platform has been seeing particular growth from small businesses over 2020, as “more businesses turned to alternative finance due to banks effectively closing their doors to many of their existing clients, including small businesses”.
AUSTRALIAN FINTECH
Japanese crowdfunding platform Crowd Bank is venturing into the Australian small business lending market, tipping A$50 million into Zagga, a marketplace lender set up in 2016. Since its launch, Zagga has originated almost $400 million in loans across more than 100 transactions, the company said in a statement yesterday outlining the deal with Crowd Bank.
MPA
Japanese crowdfunding platform Crowd Bank is looking to break into the Australian market through a $50 million funding deal with alternative lending platform Zagga.
With private lenders predicted to provide more than $50 billion in commercial real estate lending by 2024, Zagga’s white paper uncovers the two key factors driving growth.
SELFMANAGEDSUPER
A major challenge for SMSF investors is their of lack understanding of alternative asset classes and products such as peer-to-peer lending, one lender has said.
SELFMANAGEDSUPER
A lack of diversification and limited exposure to debt-based products was constraining the portfolios of Australian SMSF trustees and a new approach to income investments was needed, according to marketplace lender Zagga.
FS SUPER
The Australian investment market of 2017 is evolving rapidly. Low interest rates and global monetary policy have pushed yields to record lows. Property prices have reached “bubbly” …
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