European marketplace lenders tap private ABS market

Panellists at LendIt Europe on Monday said that there may be more to Europe’s marketplace loan ABS market than meets the eye, with a number of platforms issuing deals under the radar.
Citi’s Sebastian Walf said that the two public ABS deals, which were sold last year from Funding Circle and Zopa, were just the “tip of the iceberg”, with a number of other online lending platforms issuing private securitizations to meet their funding needs.
Walf said that Citi ...Already a subscriber? Login