Online lender OnDeck has loaned small businesses more than $1 billion since 2007, financed by backers such as Google Ventures and Goldman Sachs. Now, the company is selling bonds backed by its high-cost, low-dollar-amount loans—a move OnDeck says will create new opportunities for Main Street merchants and Wall Street investors.
The $175 million offering is a “landmark in terms of creating a new asset class,” says Noah Breslow, chief executive of New York-based OnDeck.
via Selling Subprime Loans to Wall Street Investors, This Time for Small Businesses – Businessweek.
