Tagged: peer to peer

July 6, 2013 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom’s largest peer to peer lending site Zopa has announced they expect to be offering business loans soon.  Presently their platform is designed to support peer to peer personal consumer loans matching borrowers to investors. Zopa has been in business for over 8… Read More

June 23, 2013 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

This independent report -‘The Future of Crowdfunding in the UK’ is from writer/ researcher/ economist Ian Youngman, who specializes in reporting on new financial ideas, tackles UK crowdfunding.  The author is no fan of Kickstarter and postulates the industry must get itself in order to… Read More

May 13, 2013 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Vocal British business advocate Lord Young has published another report championing the cause of business and more specifically the importance of small businesses. Lord Young has been involved in several successful businesses and held multiple government positions where he has tirelessly promoted the importance of… Read More

May 5, 2013 @ 9:00 am By This Is Money  |  

Demand for alternative sources of finance is rocketing, with figures this weekend showing that lending to small firms through peer-to-peer lending site Funding Circle has passed £100 million. The site, set up less than three years ago, has grown so fast that experts estimate in… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 4:57 am By BDaily  |  

Peer-to-peer lending models are filling the gap left by banks, suggests a new report from innovation charity, NESTA. ‘Banking on Each Other’ looks at the emerging field of peer-to-peer lending to business and the processes that drive borrowers and lenders to use the platforms. Data… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 1:37 pm By Forbes  |  

Crowdfunders generally fall into different categories: equity, donation, reward, and debt. The last is also known as microfinancing — and commonly referred to in Europe as “peer-to-peer lending.” Here are the top 10 up-and-coming peer-to-peer lenders e making financial waves in Europe: 1. Zopa –… Read More

April 21, 2013 @ 5:12 am By Independent.ie  |  

HE was the man who launched Dublin’s Laughter Lounge comedy club, but Peter O’Mahony is finding nothing funny about Irish banks’ refusal to lend money. So the entrepreneur is about to introduce Crowdfunding to Ireland following its success in the US and Britain. “Basically, it’s… Read More

April 14, 2013 @ 3:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Candace Klein, CEO and Founder of Somolend, explains how crowdfunding may work for small businessses.

April 6, 2013 @ 2:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Lend Academy, a resource for the P2P lending industry, and NowSteet Media, producer of  financial events that highlight Wall Street transformations, are pleased to announce LendIt, the first global conference for the burgeoning P2P and online lending industry. Lend Academy, the preeminent resource for the… Read More

March 18, 2013 @ 5:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Kiva, a crowdfunding platform for social good, announced today that it has reached over 1 million people in more than 65 countries through $400 million in microloans. This is a tremendous milestone for the nonprofit organization, which was founded in 2005 to connect people through… Read More

March 16, 2013 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Bill Clinton helped announce the launch of Kiva City Little Rock, an initiative that expands the availability of crowdfunded microloans for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in the Little Rock area. The program reaches underserved borrowers by crowdfunding loans, connecting current and future… Read More

March 9, 2013 @ 8:28 am By Scotsman  |  

Frustrated savers are ditching high street providers and turning in rapidly growing numbers to online lending after watching cash returns plunge in recent months. Peer-to-peer or social lending firms offering savings rates double those available from banks and building societies have reported surging demand as… Read More

January 22, 2013 @ 1:25 am By The Telegraph  |  

Peer-to-peer lending has the potential to kickstart the economy by providing credit for small businesses Despite some encouraging signs, the UK economy remains in trouble. Growth remains weak and confidence fragile. Lending to small and medium businesses – the motor for job creation – has… Read More

January 11, 2013 @ 7:14 pm By Business Review Europe  |  

2012 was a tough year for SMEs. The Eurozone crisis rumbled on, economies stagnated or contracted and the banks failed to lend the sums needed to help pull Europe out of the abyss. Government initiatives such as the Funding For Lending (FLS) scheme in the… Read More

December 23, 2012 @ 7:17 am By The Independent  |  

Zopa are expecting a doubling in the market for peer-to peer lending in 2013 as consumers and small businesses in particular turn their back on the traditional high-street banks. Disillusionment is one reason for this and so, it seems, are the terrible returns on savings… Read More

December 14, 2012 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

See the entire letter submitted to Policy Makers from the recent Peer to Peer Finance industry summit held in the UK earlier this month.  Supporters include a wide range of crowdfunding industry participants. [scribd id=116841493 key=key-1qqbc1h72zp82zdy0ukj mode=scroll]