During the week I share the latest p2p lending news on Twitter as it happens. Then every Saturday I take the most interesting news items and blog posts from the past week and share them here.
Google Glass And Lending Club Signal Changes At Google from Forbes – More about Google than Lending Club but an interesting read nonetheless.
This Week’s Podcast with Peter Renton from Lend Academy from Money Q&A – Hank Coleman interviews me as well as Scott Sanborn from Lending Club for his Your Money Your Choices podcast.
P2P Lending Surpassed $2B In Loan Origination from Investing.com – Discussion of the growth in p2p lending as well as the recent Google & Lending Club deal.
New safeguards add extra security for peer-to-peer lending schemes from Herald Scotland (UK) – Analysis of the new Zopa guarantee program for their lenders.
P2P Lending Sites: An Exhaustive Review from LendingMemo – An in depth look at the most popular US p2p lending sites.
Lending Club – April 2013 Update from Write Your Own Reality – Monthly update from this successful p2p lending investor.
A New Way to Get Small Business Loans From Neighbors from Businessweek – A look at Funding Community, a new small business lender based in New York. I will be covering this company on the blog next week.
Prosper Responds to Google’s Investment in Lending Club from LendingMemo – An excellent wide ranging interview with the new Prosper president Aaron Vermut.
Do small business loans generate significant returns? from Endurance Lending Network – Discussion of the returns and the default rates in small business lending.
Peer-To-Peer Lending Stake: How Google Sealed Its Market Lead from Seeking Alpha – A look at what the deal with Lending Club means for Google.
From the Lend Academy Forum
The Lend Academy forum is where investors go to discuss p2p lending. Below are some topics that were being discussed this week.
(Re)Leveling the playing field … – Very popular discussion about ideas for leveling the playing field between retail and institutional investors.
Regulatory Challenges for p2p – What future challenges might be coming for p2p lending?
Do you consider $35,000 a red flag? – Are the largest loans to be avoided asks this investor.
Peter Renton is the chairman and co-founder of LendIt Fintech, the world’s first and largest digital media and events company focused on fintech. Peter has been writing about fintech since 2010 and he is the author and creator of the Fintech One-on-One Podcast, the first and longest-running fintech interview series. Peter has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The New York Times, CNBC, CNN, Fortune, NPR, Fox Business News, the Financial Times, and dozens of other publications.