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Relay

Founded in 2018, Relay Financial Technologies Inc entered the market with the goal of making banking and money managemen...

December 4, 2023
Car loans

AUTOPAY

AUTOPAY is a marketplace lender that provides comparisons of auto loans. Founded in 2007 and based out of Denver, Colora...

December 4, 2023
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Upstart

Founded in 2012 by two former members of the Google management team, Upstart was the first lending company to utilize ma...

December 4, 2023
Student loans

Ascent

Ascent is an online-only student loan provider that was founded in 2016. The company is based out of San Diego and, in s...

December 3, 2023
Student loans

MEFA

MEFA, or the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, were founded in 1982 to offer low-cost financing to students...

December 3, 2023
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LendKey

LendKey is a marketplace lender that helps match people looking for private student loans and refinancing solutions with...

December 3, 2023
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Citizens Bank

Citizens Bank has been operating for almost 200 years and is one of the largest financial companies in the US. The compa...

December 3, 2023
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Figure

Established in 2018, Figure offers home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) loans across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. ...

November 30, 2023
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LightStream

LightStream is a division of Truist Financial Corporation, acting as its online loans division. LightStream market itsel...

November 29, 2023
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Discover

Initially launching as a credit card company, Discover was created by Sears in 1985. Since then, the company has branche...

November 28, 2023
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5K Funds

5K Funds is a free online marketplace platform based in Boca Raton, Florida. They have an extensive network of lenders i...

November 20, 2023
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PenFed Credit Union

Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) was established in 1935 and has grown to become the third largest credit union in...

November 19, 2023