LenderLink, the Philippines’ leading credit data exchange platform, received two Gold distinctions at the 2025 KMC Startup Awards held November 13 in Makati: Startup of the Year and Customer Experience Excellence.
Now in its third year, the KMC Startup Awards spotlights bold founders and companies shaping industries and redefining the future of business. This year’s program continued its mission to honor organizations pushing boundaries and building solutions that catalyze real change.
LenderLink’s win follows a year of rapid growth for the company.
In 2025, LenderLink expanded its network to 12 participating members, including digital lenders, point-of-sale lenders, and collection agencies. The platform grew to more than 36 million borrower records and more than 600,000 monthly credit record exchanges. These numbers continue to grow as more members are on board.
LenderLink raised pre-seed funding in April and secured an additional round in October to accelerate the development of what it describes as the country’s first high-tech, real-time credit bureau. The company also earned its ISO 27001 certification for information security in July.
“We built LenderLink to bridge the credit information gap in the Philippines. This award validates the progress we’ve made, the trust of our partners, and the value of collaboration across the lending ecosystem,” said Christo Georgiev, CEO of LenderLink. “We’re just getting started. Our mission remains the same: empower lenders with real-time, consent-based borrower insights so more good borrowers get approved, faster and with confidence.”
LenderLink has rapidly become a core part of the country’s financial landscape, enabling lenders to access reliable data in seconds, reduce fraud, speed up approval of loans, and serve underserved borrowers with greater accuracy.
The recognition from the KMC Startup Awards reinforces LenderLink’s role in shaping the future of credit and financial inclusion in the Philippines.
