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Prosper smashes £800,000 Crowdcube target

Prosper, the UK WealthTech founded by Tandem and Nutmeg alumni, has hit its £800,000 Crowdcube target before launching to the public.

17 June 2024

Company announcement/wealth

Prosper embarks on crowdfunding campaign

Founded by Nick Perrett of digital bank Tandem, Ricky Knox of Tandem and Azimo, and Phil Bungey of Nutmeg, new WealthTech platform Prosper is offering an alternative to how people save and invest.

03 June 2024

News/startups

Wealthtech Prosper hits £1 million crowdfund mark

Prosper, the UK wealthtech founded by Tandem and Nutmeg alumni, has raised £1 million from a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.

14 December 2023

News/wealth

Wealthtech Prosper launches crowdfunding campaign

Prosper, the UK wealthtech founded by Tandem and Nutmeg alumni, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.

22 November 2023

News/startups

Tandem co-founders and Nutmeg COO raise £3.2 million to launch new wealth app

Former Tandem alumni Ricky Knox and Nick Perrett alongside Nutmeg COO Phil Bungey have launched a new wealthtech business with £3.2 million pre-seed backing from a host of fintech founders.

07 November 2023

Company announcement

BBVA USA offers Heloc loans with Prosper

BBVA USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Madrid-based BBVA, today announced it is offering a digital Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) through its website, powered by Prosper, a leading online marketplace for consumer loans.

11 November 2020

Company announcement

FinEx Asia closes $50 million investment in Prosper Marketplace

FinEX Asia is pleased to announce that its private equity fund manager closed an investment of US$50 million in Prosper Marketplace, a U.S. online marketplace lending platform for consumer loans.

25 September 2017

Company announcement

Prosper kills off Daily app

Today we are announcing that we’ll be discontinuing the Prosper Daily app as of August 31st. To help our users through this transition, we’ve teamed up with Clarity Money, a personal finance app that offers many of the same features as Prosper Daily.

31 July 2017

Company announcement

Prosper strikes $5bn loan purchase agreement with institutional investors

Prosper Marketplace, a leading online consumer lending marketplace, today announced that it has closed a deal with a consortium of institutional investors to purchase up to $5 billion worth of loans through the Prosper platform over the next 24 months.

27 February 2017

News

In wake of Cloudflare bug, Starling advises customers to change passwords

UK challenger bank Starling is advising customers to change their passwords in the wake of a bug at internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare which saw sensitive information from some firms leaked.

24 February 2017

Company announcement

Prosper Marketplace CEO Aaron Vermut quits

Prosper Marketplace, a leading online marketplace for consumer credit, today announced that the company’s board of directors has named David Kimball Chief Executive Officer.

15 November 2016

Company announcement

Prosper Marketplace kicks off photo contest

Today, Prosper Marketplace kicks-off the #MyProsperStory 2016 Photo Contest. Now through November 15th, borrowers through Prosper are invited to show the world “what it looks like to be on top of your finances.”

02 November 2016