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LendIt and Innovate Finance in the UK Teaming Up on a Fintech Webinar

Webinar will get the perspectives of leading venture capitalists on fintech opportunities in the US and the UK.

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[Update: The webinar replay is now available here.]

This Wednesday LendIt and Innovate Finance are teaming up with some the leading VCs to discuss fintech in the UK and the US. Titled, FinTech Opportunities in the UK and the US: The VC Perspective, this first of its kind webinar will bring perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic in a fast-paced one hour educational session.

I will be moderating along with Lawrence Wintermeyer, the CEO of Innovate Finance. Panelists include Matt Harris of Bain Capital Ventures, Luis Valdich of Citi Ventures, Alston Zecha of Eight Roads Ventures and Sheel Mohnot of 500 Startups. We will be discussing how the fintech environment is different in the UK and US and what these leading VCs are seeing today. We will also be talking about which areas of fintech are the hottest, what startups can do to get noticed today and much more.

Here are the details for the webinar:
Date: Wednesday, June 7
Time: 9:30am Eastern/2:30pm BST
Duration: 1 hour
Register here

Come prepared with questions, there will be some time for audience Q&A towards the end. Even if you might not be able to make it go ahead and register at the above link because a replay will be made available for all registered participants. I hope to have you on the webinar on Wednesday.

 

The Future of Marketplace Lending After the Lending Club News Webinar

NSR Invest and Emerald Direct Lending Advisers team up to share their perspective on Lending Club.

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The Lending Club news hit over a month ago now, but there has been plenty of talk since then about the future of Lending Club and the marketplace lending industry. NSR Invest, a sister company to Lend Academy and Emerald Direct Lending Advisers are hosting a webinar tomorrow, June 21 from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm ET to give their perspectives in light of what has been going on in the industry.

The conversation will be centered around all things Lending Club including: the corporate situation, stock dynamics, risk of failure, as well as recent lending activity. If you have been wondering what the future holds for Lending Club, tomorrow will be a great chance to ask questions and get perspectives from experts in the area.

Panelists will include Joseph Besecker, Founder & CEO, Emerald Direct Lending Advisers and Bo Brustkern, Co-Founder and CEO, NSR Invest. Summer Tucker, Director of Client Success at NSR Invest will be moderating the discussion.

If you’re interested in attending, you can sign up for the free webinar here.

LendIt Launches Webinar, Event Series on Marketplace Lending Trends

Participants will hear presentations from industry trailblazers and thought leaders, including executives at leading marketplace lending companies.

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As regular readers know, the marketplace lending industry is dynamic and maturing. With so much happening, we felt the need to start a regular series to share the latest developments and insights and allow people to connect.

LendIt Forum is a new webinar and networking series hosted by LendIt. It was designed to help anyone interested in innovations in lending to expand their knowledge and delve deep into one of four relevant topics from a lender’s perspective: Asset Management, Real Estate, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management.

Participants will hear presentations from industry trailblazers and thought leaders, including executives at leading marketplace lending companies.

The Forum begins in late February and runs through the end of March. The event line-up is as follows:

  • In Person Networking Event for Asset Managers – How Large Institutions Access P2P Lending (Monday, February 22 5:30-8:30 PM EST)
    • High yields, short duration, and low volatility have pushed P2P lending into the spotlight of large institutional fund managers.
  • Webinar for Real Estate Professionals – Online Real Estate Platform Models (Wednesday, March 9 2-3 PM EST)
    • Hear from leading online marketplaces for real estate investing including Money360, RealtyMogul and Patch of Land.
  • Webinar for Banking Executives – The Transformation of Lending: Banks Partnering with Online Lenders (Tuesday, March 15 2-3 PM EST)
    • Learn how the world of lending is being transformed by partnerships between banks and marketplace lending platforms.
  • Webinar for Financial Advisors – Innovation in P2P Lending for Financial Advisors (Wednesday, March 16 2-3 PM EST)
    • Learn how technology and finance come together to open a new asset class for financial advisors and their clients.
  • Pitch night event for venture capitalists and startups. (Thursday, Feb. 25 6-9 PM EST) This invitation-only event will connect angel investors with new marketplace lending startups. Visit the LendIt Forum page for information about attending.

This series is a great opportunity to learn and network with leaders in the marketplace lending industry. Participants will also get a taste of the in-depth content planned for LendIt USA this April. If you’re interested, you can register for free or learn more about each event at LendIt.com/forum. Below is a short video from Peter, shot in the LendIt offices this week, talking about this new series.

Register for This Free P2P Lending Webinar on May 30th

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My partner and co-founder of the LendIt Conference is Dara Albright of NowStreet. She regularly conducts webinars as part of her Capitalizing on Financial Innovation series. I am pleased to announce as part of that series on May 30th I will be presenting at a free webinar about the recent explosive growth of p2p lending.

Here are the topics we will be covering:

  • Overview of the P2P & Online Lending Industry
  • The rapid growth of P2P & Online Lending
  • Capitalizing on the industry’s expansion
  • Interpreting Google’s recent investments into Lending Club & On Deck Capital.

So mark your calendar for May 30th at 1pm Eastern time. You can register for the free webinar here.

Prosper is Hosting a P2P Lending Summit

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On Thursday of next week (November 3rd at 5pm Pacific) Prosper is hosting what it is calling a “P2P Lending Performance Measurement Summit”. It will be a webinar that will discuss the need for a performance measurement standard for the p2p lending industry.

Prosper is bringing in the heavy-hitters for this webinar. Attendees will hear from CEO Chris Larsen, EVP of Risk Management Jim Catlin and Chief Investment Officer Joe Toms. Here is what they will be discussing:

1) Consumer credit industry standards for measuring risk performance: the practice of analyzing loan vintages
2) Why Prosper reports Seasoned Returns, and why we think this measure is important
3) How p2p lending investors measure risk vis-à-vis return
4) Call for an industry standard on measuring p2p lending returns, and what Prosper is doing about it

By pure coincidence I will be in San Francisco next week (visiting both Lending Club and Prosper) so I will be attending this webinar in person. Should be interesting – you can sign up for it here.

[Update: Prosper has changed the registration for this webinar – it will now have video and the new registration is here.]

Prosper is Hosting a Free P2P Lending Webinar This Thursday

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If you are a Prosper investor you have probably received an email about it already. If not, then I guess you know about it now. Prosper is hosting a free webinar for investors this Thursday, August 18 at 11am PDT (2pm EDT) to discuss the role of social lending as an investment alternative amid volatile financial markets.

You can read all the details on Prosper’s blog post published earlier today. Two of the top executives at Prosper will be conducting the webinar: Jim Catlin, the Chief Risk Officer and Joseph Toms, the Chief Investment Officer. This will be a unique opportunity for investors to hear from and ask questions of the senior managers at Prosper.

I will be attending this webinar and I hope you will consider it as well. You don’t have to be a Prosper investor to attend. Here is the link to register for it on Gotomeeting.

P2P Lending Webinar Now Available for Viewing

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Last week I conducted a peer to peer lending investor Q&A webinar. As promised I recorded it and you can watch it below. It is one hour and five minutes long. This is the raw footage – I have not edited it in any way. I hope you find it interesting and educational.

For the best video quality be sure to click on the HD button above to watch this video in high definition – it makes the screen shots much easier to read.

Free P2P Lending Webinar is on this Thursday

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I mentioned this a few days ago so consider this your reminder. I will be hosting a free webinar this Thursday evening to answer some common and some not so common investor questions. Here are the details:

When: Thursday, July 14, 2011
Time: 6pm – 7pm Mountain Time
How: Gotomeeting.com Webinar

To attend this webinar you have to sign up in advance. We are about half full right now and I expect we will be completely full by Thursday. So to guarantee your spot you should register now on our signup page.

Announcing the P2P Investor Q&A Webinar

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Every day I receive emails from readers with questions about peer to peer lending. Many of these questions turn into blog posts. But I have written over 100 blog posts now and I know that not everyone has the time to sift through all those old blog posts looking for an answer to their question.

So, I have decided to hold a free webinar. Here I will deal with all the common questions at one time. The focus will be on investor questions, I may do something for borrowers another time. I am also working on putting together a more extensive program that I will announce at the end of the webinar. Here are the details of the free webinar:

When: Thursday, July 14, 2011
Time: 6pm – 7pm Mountain Time
How: Gotomeeting.com Webinar

I have created a signup page here. You will also notice a bar running at the top of the screen here promoting the webinar. That will stay there until July 14th.

Space will be limited, I can only take 100 people, and seeing that it is free I expect it will fill up quickly. So, if you want to guarantee your spot then register now. And if you have specific questions you want answered let me know in the comments. I have still not finalized the entire webinar so I will try and address your questions.

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