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Best Egg

Can a partner-bank-powered personal-loan originator transform into a full consumer financial-health platform before being absorbed by a chartered bank?

Founded2014
HQWilmington, Delaware, USA
Latest roundAcquisition agreement by Barclays — $800M (Oct 2025)
Valuation$800M acquisition price
IndustryFintech / Lending
The story

Founded 2014 as Marlette Funding's Best Egg consumer personal-loan brand operating via partner-bank origination (Cross River Bank, later joined by Column N.A.). Expanded beyond unsecured personal loans into secured loans, credit cards, financial-health tools (Money Manager, Credit Manager, Debt Manager), and flexible rent via the 2022 acquisition of Till. As of October 2025 Barclays agreed to acquire Best Egg for $800M, folding it into Barclays US Consumer Bank.

Last 12 months
2025-10
Product timeline
2014
Launched Best Egg personal loan platform by Marlette Funding· lending
2018
Partnered with Invoice2go to launch POS financing for small businesses· lending
2021
Integrated open banking / income verification to accelerate loan applications· lending
2022
Acquired Till, a flexible rent platform; integrated with MRI Software· acquisition
2023
Partnered with MX Technologies for financial data aggregation; partnered with Zego for flexible rent· banking
2025
Barclays announces $800M acquisition of Best Egg· acquisition
Regulated entities
Lending platform (operates via partner banks)
US · 2014
Marlette Marketing, LLC / Marlette Servicing, LLC dba Best Egg
The stack
Card issuing
Column N.A. (sponsor bank for Best Egg Credit Card)
Lending
Best Egg Personal LoanBest Egg Secured Loan (homeowner discount)Best Egg Credit CardBest Egg Flexible RentDebt consolidation loansCredit card refinancing loansHome improvement loansPOS financing (Invoice2go partnership)
Open banking
MX
Sponsor bank
Cross River Bank, N.A.; Column N.A.
Accounting gap: none