Credit: <\/span>Janie Barrett and Louie Douvis<\/cite><\/p>\nThe \u201cNAB powered by Plenti\u201d car and electric vehicle loans will be launched between April and June next year, with the referrals to commence shortly after that. The deal comes as banks respond to increasing demand for green loans and government incentives for households to become more energy efficient.<\/p>\n
NAB personal everyday banking executive Paul Riley said the use of electric vehicles and environmentally sustainable products in the household were becoming more common in Australian homes, and that the bank would look to build on its partnership with the fintech lender.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to working with Plenti to explore ways to expand the strategic partnership further,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Digital lender Plenti was launched in 2014 with the view to disrupt the banking industry and take a smaller cut of loans through peer-to-peer lending \u2013 where investors lend their money to borrowers via an online platform, bypassing banks.<\/p>\n
It has a loan portfolio of $2 billion, with loan originations for the recent half-year clocking in at $624 million.<\/p>\n
NAB and Plenti have also entered into an equity investment agreement under which the big four bank could acquire up to 15 per cent of Plenti\u2019s shares based on a number of milestones.<\/p>\n
From Tuesday, and for the 18 months following the launch of NAB and Plenti\u2019s co-branded car and electric vehicle loans, the bank may make a market purchase of up to 5 per cent of Plenti\u2019s shares. NAB also has rights to acquire an additional 10 per cent of Plenti\u2019s shares through two placements with floor prices of 90 cents a share and $1.20 a share.<\/p>\n
Unified Capital Partners senior analyst James Bisinella said the strategic deal with NAB could lead to a $6 million to $10 million increase in Plenti\u2019s net profit. \u201cThis agreement adds a material growth arm to Plenti, alongside the core group performing strongly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Plenti chief executive Daniel Foggo said he hoped the partnership with NAB would help the company to continue to diversify its offerings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very logical partnership that brings together a large player that\u2019s got a lot of fantastic attributes including a large customer base and a very strong balance sheet with a business like ours which is able to move quickly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited about the potential for future expansion of the strategic partnership over time.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Foggo said he had no intention of selling Plenti to NAB. \u201cWe expect this partnership to complement what we\u2019re already doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still maintain a retail investor marketplace from the heritage of when we started the business as a peer-to-peer lender, and we would expect that this partnership will help us build scale in the areas that we\u2019re already active. You\u2019ll see that this partnership has been designed specifically so that Plenti continues to carry on under its current governance and board.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under the arrangement, loans would be funded by NAB and held on their balance sheet, with the credit risk to be borne by the bank.<\/p>\n
NAB will be responsible for marketing and promoting the loan products to customers in its personal banking customer base and Plenti will be responsible for processing loan applications, conducting credit assessments, settling loans and providing ongoing loan and customer management.<\/p>\n
Foggo added Plenti would receive an upfront payment of a couple of million dollars <\/strong>to establish the technology, infrastructure and operational set up for delivering the loans. The company will also receive upfront fees for car and electric vehicle loans which will step down once the loan book reaches $1 billion as well as a monthly servicer fee which will scale down until the loan book reaches $3 billion.<\/p>\nThe fintech lender said annual revenue from the deal would be roughly $20 million assuming an average loan book of $1 billion and originations of $500 million.<\/p>\n
NAB and Plenti will also develop a referral program whereby NAB will advertise some of Plenti\u2019s renewable energy finance products to its customer base, for which the bank will receive referral fees.<\/p>\n
Both deals have an initial term of five years with a possible extension of five years subject to the agreement of both NAB and Plenti.<\/p>\n
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