LendKey

Type| Private
Industry| Personal finance
Platform as a Service
Software
Founded| October 2007; 18 years ago (2007-10) (as Fynanz Inc.)
Founders| Vince Passione
Michael Stallmeyer
Anoop Thyagarajan
Headquarters| New York City, New York, U.S.
Branch in Cincinnati, U.S.

Area served

| United States

Key people

| Vince Passione (CEO / Co-Founder)
Michael Stallmeyer (COO / Co-Founder)
Anoop Thyagarajan (SVP Infrastructure / Co-Founder)
Products| Private Student Loans
Student Loan Refinancing
Green Loans
Home Improvement Loans
Website| www.lendkey.com

LendKey (formerly Fynanz Inc.) is a lending platform and online marketplace that allows consumers to apply for and receive private student loans, student loan refinancing and home improvement loans from their local credit unions and community banks. LendKey's cloud-based tools and infrastructure enable the nation's 13,000+ community financial institutions to enter online lending and offer loans for various asset classes.

## Overview

LendKey was founded by Vince Passione in 2007 and was originally called Fynanz.[1] As Fynanz, the company operated as a peer-to-peer loan platform for student loans, and distinguished itself from other P2P lenders by guaranteeing loans, and by using new data sources to assess the creditworthiness of applicants.[2] In 2013 the company rebranded as LendKey, and took its lending platform to credit unions and community banks.[3]

In January 2010, LendKey received $9.5 million in venture funding during its Series A financing round. Subsequently, the company secured another $12.5 million in venture funding in August 2013, bringing the total capital raised to $22 million.[4] Series B funding was led by investors Updata Partners and TTV Capita and existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Gotham Ventures.[5][6]

The company launched Aliro in 2021, a private marketplace that allows financial institutions to buy and sell loans.[7]

## External links

* Official website

## References

1. ↑ "Fynanz Becomes LendKey, Shifts to Cloud-Based Lending". CUTimes. http://www.cutimes.com/2013/02/04/fynanz-becomes-lendkey-shifts-to-cloud-based-lendi.
2. ↑ Schonfeld, Erick. "Fynanz: How Students Spell Peer-to-Peer Loans". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/19/fynanz-how-students-spell-peer-to-peer-loans/.
3. ↑ "Online Lending Technology Company LendKey Raises $12.5M". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/07/lendkey-series-b-12-5m/.
4. ↑ "LendKey Raises $12.5 Million in Venture Funding". CUTimes. http://www.cutimes.com/2013/08/09/lendkey-raises-125-million-in-venture-funding.
5. ↑ "NYC-based lending tech company leases new space in Cincinnati". Cincinnati Business Courier. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2014/01/02/nyc-based-lending-tech-company-leases.html.
6. ↑ "LendKey Raises $12.5 Million in Venture Funding" (press release). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/idUSnGNX7n9v3L+1c1+GNW20130807.
7. ↑ Persaud, Navi (23 February 2021). "LendKey Launches Private Deal Network For Financial Institutions To Buy And Sell Consumer Loans". https://nationalmortgageprofessional.com/news/76424/lendkey-launches-private-deal-network-financial-institutions-sell-consumer-loans.

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