IEG
Holdings Corp. (OTCQX: IEGH) is a provider of unsecured consumer loans in 17
U.S. states through its state licensed operating subsidiary, Investment
Evolution Corporation, under the consumer brand ‘Mr. Amazing Loans’. In recent
months, IEGH has successfully leveraged the increasing marketability of its
consumer brand to promote tremendous growth, achieving a record high in monthly
loan volume of $1.13 million in May before announcing a record high in daily
loan volume of $150,000 in early June. In July, the company built on this
progress, surpassing $13 million in cumulative loan volume. This milestone
marked an increase of 140 percent from January 2015, which IEGH’s management
attributed to growing recognition of the ‘Mr. Amazing Loans’ brand, low cost
lead sources and continued state license expansion.
After
announcing second quarter fiscal results that included a 19 percent
year-over-year increase in revenue to a record high of $535,356, IEGH gave
prospective shareholders some additional insight into the company’s growth
strategy for the coming months. IEGH’s management team aims to expand the ‘Mr.
Amazing Loans’ brand into 25 U.S. states during 2016, bringing total nationwide
coverage to approximately 240 million people, or about 75 percent of the
population. To strengthen its cash position ahead of this growth initiative,
the company is currently in the midst of a $95.32 million rights offering to
its shareholders of record, with plans to use the proceeds stemming from the
offering to fund new loan originations and general corporate expenditures. The
subscription period related to this offering is underway and set to end on
August 29.
Looking
ahead, IEGH’s management team expects loan volumes to continue to rise as a
result of tightening regulations on the P2P lending sector. Paul Mathieson,
chief executive officer of IEGH, reaffirmed this outlook in a recent news
release.
“Management
believes the substantially increased regulatory and financing scrutiny on the
P2P lending sector is a significant positive going forward for the Mr. Amazing
Loans business,” he stated. “IEGH is not a P2P lender, however, we expect some
of the P2P players will implode, leading to less overall consumer loan provider
competition. We anticipate that this will result in cheaper customer
acquisition costs for online, state regulated, balance sheet lenders with
strong underwriting standards such as IEGH.”
In
June 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services issued warning letters
to 28 P2P lending agencies as part of an ongoing investigation into the
potential adoption of additional regulation measures. The correspondence
demanded ‘immediate compliance’ with the state’s licensing requirements for
debt collection, transmitting money and mortgage lending activity. This
investigation follows a 2008 decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission
that required P2P lenders to register their offerings as securities, pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933. The result was the introduction of an arduous
registration process to the P2P sector that led a number of lenders to exit the
U.S. market. Notably, New York is one of the eight states being targeted by
IEGH for expansion in 2016.
For
more information, visit www.InvestmentEvolution.com
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