From the LendIt Fintech Vault: Mike Cagney of Figure on Beyond the Hype – How Blockchain Changes Everything
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Figure Completes $150 Million Securitization on the Blockchain
The $150 million securitization of HELOCs is being billed as the first transaction where all aspects were managed on the blockchain; this includes ...
Figure Hires Former Coinbase Exec as New President
Figure, the blockchain-based fintech lending startup founded by Mike Cagney, has a new president; Asiff Hirji was the former president and COO of ...
Mike Cagney Explains How Lending Can Be Improved with Blockchain Technology
The CEO of Figure, Mike Cagney, in an interview with Karen Webster of PYMNTS.com, said that while there is some blockchain fatigue today, ...
Figure Closes $103m Series C at $1.2 Billion Valuation
Pitchbook is reporting that Mike Cagney’s blockchain-based fintech lending platform, Figure, has closed its Series C with $103 million raised at a $1.2 ...
Mike Cagney’s Figure Raising $103 Million Series C
Techcrunch is reporting that Figure Technologies, the nearly two year old startup headed by Mike Cagney, is raising a big Series C round ...
Figure Enters Student Loan Refinancing
The area that Figure first set out to tackle in the US was HELOCs but it was obvious from the start that the company ...
Figure Looking to Raise a New $100 Million Round
Bloomberg is reporting that Figure is looking to raise more than $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, less than two years after its founding; ...
Figure Originating $85 Million in Loans Per Month
Mike Cagney previously co-founded SoFi but has since gone on to found Figure which originates HELOCs on the blockchain; Forbes digs into what makes ...
Current State of SoFi
SoFi has had an interesting year with a new CEO, the launch of their new checking and savings accounts and loan losses due to underperforming ...