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BankBazaar Pulls in $13 Million from Sequoia Capital & Walden International

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BankBazaar, a company that provides unbiased rate quotes on loans and insurance products, today announced that it received funding of $13 million. Investors include Sequoia Capital and existing investor, Walden International.

This newest installment, combined with the $6 million the company received from Walden in 2011, brings the India-based company’s total funding to $19 million. It plans to use the funds to enhance its mobile platform and educate consumers on the benefits of its service.

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According to Adhil Shetty, BankBazaar CEO, there is increasing demand for products in the online loan market:

“Even in the slowing market, online loan market is growing at 90%, while the overall loan market is growing at 15%.”

BankBazaar demoed at FinovateAsia 2012 where it debuted its Real Time Credit Processing Platform.