Tag: Mortgages

Blockchain-as-a-service company Factom has extended its Series A round to more than $8m. Peeli Ventures, Harvest Equity joined the extended round. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Banking challenger Revolut has today joined forces with the UK’s first online mortgage broker Trussle to give users direct access to its mortgage broking service. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Experian has introduced software to speed up the processing and approval of consumer mortgage applications. Read more: www.americanbanker.com

Lending disruptor SoFi has landed $500m in a new haul of funding led by private equity investor Silver Lake. Softbank and GPI Capital also participated. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Zeus Mortgage has rolled out an online real estate financing platform that seeks to match investors with property holders who need funding renovations. Read more: www.americanbanker.com

UK online mortgage broker Trussle has raised £4.5m in a new funding round as it reaches a milestone of £1bn worth of mortgages. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

SoFi, is preparing to launch in Australia to offer mortgages in direct competition with the banks. Read more: www.afr.com

FinTech, which has already disrupted the payments, banking and financial advisory markets, is beginning to enter the $14 trillion mortgage market. Read more: www.investopedia.com

Social Finance, the online lender that made its name refinancing student loans for high-earning millennials, is doubling down on mortgages. Read more: www.nationalmortgagenews.com

Daniel Hegarty, founder of digital mortgage broker Habito, shares his awful experience with mortgage brokers and his reasons for creating Habito. Read more: www.cityam.com