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Sun Finance Group is a Latvian financial technology company known for operating an online and mobile lending platform in seven countries.[1] The company was founded by Toms Jurjevs and Emils Latkovskis.[1] It is headquartered in Riga, Latvia.[1]

History

Prior to founding Sun Finance Group, Jurjevs was CEO of non-bank creditor company 4finance.[2][3] His co-founder Emils Latkovskis was a former footballer,[4] CEO of the Latvian Higher League, and a board member of the Latvian Football Federation and UEFA Futsal and Beach Soccer committee member.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

In 2019, Sun Finance Group unified all of its loan originators under the Sun Finance brand.[11]

Sun Finance Group pulls its financing from sources such as bonds issued on NASDAQ and the Mintos peer-to-peer platform.[11][12] The company issued its first bonds in 2019 while had its second bond issuance in October 2020.[12][13]

Countries with operations

Sun Finance Group operates in the countries of Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, and Mexico.[12] The company provides services such as short-term loans,[14][15] line of credit, and installments. Sun Finance uses data processing models that consider up to 10,000 data points to assess client risk.[16]

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