a service software founded october 2007 2007 10 headquarters headquartered in new york city branch in cincinnati area served united states key people vince passione ceo michael stallmeyer coo 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 lower rate loans for various asset classes . overview edit lendkey was founded 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 under the new lendkey name 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 round of financing . subsequently the company secured another 12.5 million in venture funding in august 2013 bringing the total capital raised by the company to 22 million . 4 series b funding was led by investors updata partners and ttv capital as well as existing investors draper fisher jurvetson and gotham ventures . 5 6 as of september 2014 lendkey has over 300 credit union clients with a combined loan portfolio of over 700 million services more than 30 000 borrowers nationwide and is sponsored by 28 state trade associations . 7 in 2014 lendkey which is headquartered in new york opened a new office in the cincinnati area signing a five year lease for 8 500 square feet of space at 4445 lake forest drive in blue ash . this further expanded the company s back office operations that include financial operations and loan servicing . 5 external links edit official website references edit fynanz becomes lendkey shifts to cloud based lending . cutimes . schonfeld erick . fynanz how students spell peer to peer loans . techcrunch . online lending technology company lendkey raises 12.5 m . techcrunch . lendkey raises 12.5 million in venture funding . cutimes . a b nyc based lending tech company leases new space in cincinnati . cincinnati business courier . lendkey raises 12.5 million in venture funding press release . reuters . western independent bankers selects lendkey as exclusive student lending partner press release . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lendkey & oldid 732120611 categories companies established in 2007companies based in new york cityfinancial services companies based in new york cityloans navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 july 2016 at 19 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view