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The Prodigy Finance Story
Prodigy Finance is founded on the philosophy that funding shouldn’t be a barrier to education.
It’s a new approach that ’s led to us starting a lot of conversations and winning awards, including "Best Overall Peer-to-Peer Lending Platform" from the FinTech Breakthrough Awards.
Check out our latest press coverage below, or access our media assets including a fact sheet about us, press releases, and case studies of students we’ve been able to support.
Our latest press releases
Prodigy Finance Secures an Additional $310 Million to Empower International Masters Students in Pursuit of Global Education
November, 8 2024
Prodigy Finance Launches $30 Million Blended Finance Programme to Enable the Next Generation of African Leaders
September, 10 2024
Prodigy Finance Establishes another $350 Million Facility for International Masters Students with Citi, Schroders Capital, and SCIO Capital
July, 14 2023
Prodigy Finance secures $750 million funding to expand into new markets as it sees applications jump 50% year-on-year
July, 19 2021
Prodigy Finance Names Dr. Judith Rodin as Chair
June, 18 2018
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PRODIGY FINANCE ISSUES $228M OF INVESTMENT-GRADE ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
ALTFI - July, 19 2022
Prodigy’s issuance – the first to be made under the company’s Social Bond Framework – sees huge demand as it introduces major public market investors and asset managers to the firm for the first time More
THIS FINTECH HELPS POST-GRAD STUDENTS FUND COURSES AT THE LIKES OF HARVARD AND INSEAD. HERE'S HOW THEY JUST RAISED $750M
BUSINESS INSIDER - September, 23 2021
Student Finance startup Prodigy Finance has raised a new debt facility. The $750 million deal comes from CPP Investments and US development bank, DFC. More
PRODIGY FINANCE NAMED AMONG TOP FINTECH STARTUPS IN UK 2020
TRACXN.COM - July, 01 2020
We're delighted to be recognised, even with some slightly out of date stats attributed! (We have now disbursed in excess of $1 billion to over 20,000 students from 115 countries) More
PRODIGY FINANCE EXPANDS STEM OFFERING
THE PIE NEWS - March, 02 2020
Graduate student loan provider Prodigy Finance has added more than 1,000 new postgraduate courses to its loan offer as it responds to an increase in demand for STEM programs. More
MBA FEES: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO REDUCE THE RISING COST
FINANCIAL TIMES - January, 26 2021
The high fees demanded by her conventional bank encouraged Rodrigues to turn to Prodigy Finance, a specialist lender for postgraduate international students. More
PRODIGY FINANCE HELPS INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS OBTAIN LOANS WHILE INVESTORS GAIN ACCESS TO A UNIQUE ASSET CLASS
CARDRATES.COM - January, 13 2020
Despite the opportunities students have to join programs all over the globe, paying for an education abroad can present some unique challenges. More
PRODIGY FINANCE LAUNCHES P2P STUDENT HEALTHCARE LOANS
P2P FINANCE NEWS - May, 01 2019
Prodigy Finance has launched a new loan product to help international students pursuing dental, nursing or public health postgraduate degrees in America. More
HOW THE FORCES OF FINANCE FUND MBAS
FINANCIAL TIMES - May, 01 2019
Prodigy Finance, which has so far made $750m in loans, is a case study of an emerging relationship between higher education and the global financial industry. More
HOW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CAN AFFORD A $95,000 CANADIAN MBA GLOBE AND MAIL
GLOBE AND MAIL - March, 20 2019
Lenders such as Prodigy Finance not only bankroll overseas students, but they also deliver a side benefit to Canadian business schools – a more diverse classroom. More
BEST STUDENT LOAN REFINANCE COMPANIES
NERDWALLET - March, 20 2019
Ultimately, the best student loan refinance company is the one that can reduce your rate the most. The lower your rate, the more you’ll save monthly and long term. More
THESE ARE THE 15 EUROPEAN FINTECHS VCS THINK WILL BLOW UP IN 2019
BUSINESS INSIDER - March, 19 2019
Business Insider spoke with some of the most prominent voices in venture capital to pick out the most exciting companies in European financial technology industry this year. More
HELPING FOREIGN STUDENTS COVER THE HIGH PRICE OF AN MBA
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK - March, 08 2019
Student debt refinancing is the newest product from Prodigy Finance, a business with offices in Cape Town, London, and New York that’s betting on foreign students with high earnings potential. More
NONDISRUPTIVE CREATION: RETHINKING INNOVATION AND GROWTH MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW
MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW - February, 21 2019
It’s time to dispel the myth that innovation must be disruptive. Nondisruptive creation is an alternative path to growth. More
INTERVIEW WITH WHITNEY MORGAN, CHICAGO BOOTH ALUM
POETS & QUANTS - February, 21 2019
Whitney Morgan began her MBA at Chicago Booth in 2012, and is now responsible for regional partnerships at Prodigy Finance, which is helping to reshape financing of MBA studies. More
PRODIGY FINANCE EXPLAINS HOW TO INVEST IN STUDENT DEBT
WHAT INVESTMENT - February, 08 2019
Neha Sethi, director of capital markets at Prodigy Finance explains how to invest in student debt. More
PRODIGY FINANCE STUDENT LOAN REFINANCING REVIEW
FINDER.COM - January, 15 2019
Refinancing, or trading in your student loans for another one with more favorable rates and terms, can be a great way to save. More
PRODIGY FINANCE: INVESTING IN FUTURE LEADERS
FINANCIAL TIMES - January, 08 2019
Funding is often the barrier to higher education for students from emerging economies whose only access to quality tuition is overseas. More
PRODIGIOUS PROGRESS
EDUCATION INVESTOR - January, 01 2019
Prodigy Finance has spearheaded a workable loans scheme for international students that has won the backing of leading global investors, securing $1 billion in the last year alone. More
MBA NEWS YOU NEED: IESE LAUNCHES MIM PROGRAM, PRODIGY FINANCE HELPS INTERNATIONAL WORKING GRADUATES, HBS HOSTS FINANCIAL CRISIS CONFERENCE, AND MORE
CLEAR ADMIT - November, 21 2018
Prodigy Finance’s new cross-border finance product promises to help international working graduates refinance their student loans. More
HOW TO REFINANCE STUDENT LOANS FOR NON-U.S. CITIZENS
STUDENT LOAN HERO - November, 19 2018
If you’re not a citizen or a permanent resident, you could still have access to international student loan refinancing. More
PRODIGY FINANCE OFFERS LOAN REFINANCING FOR EXPAT GRADUATES
EDUCATION INVESTOR - November, 15 2018
Prodigy Finance has launched a loan refinance product aimed at expat graduates living in the UK or US who are looking to reduce their student debt. More
FINTECH OFFERS FRESH WAYS TO FINANCE AN MBA
FINANCIAL TIMES - October, 15 2018
Cameron Stevens hit a snag when he tried to take out a loan to pay for his MBA at Insead in France in 2005. More
PRODIGY FINANCE PASSES BILLION DOLLAR MARK
THE PIE - September, 28 2018
Private student finance firm Prodigy Finance has raised US$1bn in the past year, which CEO Cameron Stevens said will allow even more students “with limited or no funding” to take part in mobile study. More
FINTECH FIRM PRODIGY FINANCE GETS R14 BILLION IN DEBT FINANCING
NEXT BILLION - September, 27 2018
Prodigy Finance, the UK-based pioneer in cross-border finance founded by a South African entrepreneur, on Monday announced it has raised R14.39 billion in the last twelve months. More
PRODIGY TOPS $1 BILLION IN DEBT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT LENDING
IMPACTALPHA - September, 25 2018
Prodigy, based in the U.K., launched in 2007 to help international students secure education loans to attend university outside of their home countries. More
PRODIGY FINANCE SECURES $1BN IN DEBT FINANCING
BUSINESS LEADER - September, 25 2018
Prodigy Finance, the pioneer in cross-border finance, announces that it has raised $1bn in the last twelve months in available debt financing. More
PRODIGY FINANCE RAISES OVER R14BN IN NEW DEBT FINANCING ROUND
VENTUREBURN - September, 25 2018
UK-based fintech Prodigy Finance — founded by SA entrepreneur Cameron Stevens — announced today that it has raised R14.39-billion in the last 12 months in debt financing. More
CROSS-BORDER STUDENT LOAN LENDER PRODIGY FINANCE RAISES $1B IN DEBT FINANCING
FORBES - September, 24 2018
Prodigy Finance, the U.K. fintech that provides financing to international postgraduate students, reached a milestone: $1 billion in financing in twelve months. More
STUDENT LENDING FINTECH PRODIGY SECURES $1BN IN DEBT CAPITAL
ALTFI - September, 24 2018
The student lending specialist has raised the money over the last 12 months from investors including Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, M&G Investments and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. More
PRODIGY FINANCE RAISES £760M IN DEBT FINANCE
PEER2PEER FINANCE NEWS - September, 24 2018
UK-BASED peer-to-peer lender Prodigy Finance has secured $1bn (£761m) in available debt finance as it aims to expand its student funding programme. More
EDUCATION WITHOUT BORDERS: HELPING PROMISING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS GAIN ACCESS TO U.S. UNIVERSITIES
NEXT BILLION - September, 24 2018
Why in this day and age — with globalization moving forward at such a rapid pace — is it so difficult for even top international students to secure a loan? More
BORDERS SHOULDN’T PREVENT STUDENTS FROM REALIZING THEIR POTENTIAL
BANKLESS TIMES - July, 18 2018
Why in this day and age — with globalization moving forward at such a rapid pace – is it so difficult for even top international students to secure a loan? More
WHY ARE SOUTH AFRICANS NOT APPLYING TO BUSINESS SCHOOL?
BUSINESS BECAUSE - July, 16 2018
South Africa struggles with its candidate pipeline for graduate business school programs, but recent data shows things are starting to change. More
RECENT MOVERS & SHAKERS
THE PIE - July, 16 2018
Prodigy Finance, a global lending platform that provides postgraduate loans to international students, has appointed Judith Rodin to the board as Chair. More
PODCAST 158: CAMERON STEVENS AND JOEL FRISCH OF PRODIGY FINANCE
LEND ACADEMY - July, 13 2018
The CEO of Prodigy Finance and their Head of Americas talk about the challenges of building a business serving international students. More
