Archive for the 'P2P Lending News' Category
New here? You may want to subscribe to the RSS feed or browse the site map. Thanks!P2P Lending has been in the mainstream media news a great deal lately. I decided to post a roundup of many of the recent news articles on Prosper.com, Lending Club, Zopa, GlobeFunder, and Virgin Money. It […]
April 10th, 2008 | Posted in Lending Club, P2P Lending News, Prosper, roundup | 3 Comments
I have already commented on Lending Club’s quiet period and referral program suspension. I decided to check other blogs to see what they have to say on the email notice that went out today. Since I was reading everything anyway, I decided to post links and a few quotes to everything that I could […]
April 9th, 2008 | Posted in Lending Club, P2P Lending News, roundup | 10 Comments
Due to the Lending Club quiet period, the Lending Club referral program has ended. The program was a good one — I earned over $300 in referral fees through this website by blogging about my experience creating a portfolio, creating a video, gathering advice for new lenders, the inception of the referral program and […]
April 8th, 2008 | Posted in Lending Club, P2P Lending News | 5 Comments
Lending Club sent an email today that first surprised me because a quick reading of a few details sound rather ominous. However, if you read past the “you can withdraw uncommitted funds” sections of the email, or rather stick to the important stuff in the first paragraph, this email exciting news for P2P lending. […]
April 8th, 2008 | Posted in Lending Club, P2P Lending News | 7 Comments
It was my turn to give a speech last Thursday in the Toastmaster’s club that I attend. I decided to give the speech on P2P lending. For me, the most difficult part of selecting this topic was cutting down the material into only a 7 minute speech.
The Toastmaster (the person running the meeting) […]
February 23rd, 2008 | Posted in P2P Lending News | 2 Comments
I received a promotional email from GlobeFunder today. What amazes me is that they seem to be targeting hedge fund qualified investors, but the email says that they have only originated $100,000 loans since January 1st, 2008. That is a slow start in volume and one that is not likely to entice many major […]
February 13th, 2008 | Posted in GlobeFunder, P2P Lending News | 1 Comment
I participated in the second peer to peer lending carnival which is hosted at Brip Blap. There were too many good submissions to decide on a favorite post in this carnival, but I will post links and comments below to a few favorites. I submitted my article on Lending Club rejecting most loan applications.
Peer-Lend […]
January 20th, 2008 | Posted in P2P Lending News, roundup | 1 Comment
Tom interviewed Chirag Chaman who is the CEO of the soon to be released new P2P lending site Fynanz which will focus on student loans. It seems like a small niche since there are already governemnt backed loans in this category and the rates are rather reasonable at banks. However, with the price […]
January 14th, 2008 | Posted in P2P Lending News | 3 Comments
Lazy Man and Money posted the first P2P Lending Blog Carnival. I am excited that he mentioned my post on Lending Advice for New Lenders as his favorite. Despite my article being Lazy Man’s favorite, it did not make the list on the Official Prosper Blog coverage of the carnival.
My personal favorite blog […]
January 6th, 2008 | Posted in P2P Lending News | 3 Comments
Glenn Chapman wrote an article about P2P lending which can be found at Yahoo.com News. Included in the article were Prosper.com, Virgin Money, Kiva, and Zopa. Below are a few excerpts from Glenn Chapman’s article and my comments. Glenn Chapman begins the rehashed material article with a great feel-good tag line:
The […]
December 16th, 2007 | Posted in Kiva, P2P Lending News, Prosper, Zopa | 4 Comments