Online Lenders Tighten Rules After a Wave of Defaults
- SoFi, LendingClub, Prosper are changing their loan platforms
- Modifications include higher credit quality, lower-risk loans
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It’s gotten a lot harder to borrow money from the raft of fintech firms looking to bring online lending into the mainstream.
Besieged by a wave of defaults after several years of rapid growth, the biggest online-lending platforms have been forced by bond investors to tighten underwriting standards. Social Finance, Prosper, LendingClub and Avant now demand higher average credit scores and offer shorter maturities to boost the quality of loans they repackage into asset-backed securities.