RateSetter, the biggest consumer loans P2P lending Company when measured by monthly lending, has been awarded Best Peer-to-Peer Lender at the Wealth Management Awards, which is run by the Financial Times and the Investors Chronicle. The awards aim to help investors (including lenders) to find the best…
Research by Peter Baeck, Liam Collins and Bryan Zhang from the University of Cambridge has revealed that £1.6bn has been lent through peer-to-peer lending websites, whereas just £84m has been raised in the higher-risk equity crowdfunding area. Just £26m has been raised in rewards crowdfunding….
Samir Desai, CEO at Funding Circle, the largest P2P lending company focused on loans to UK businesses, did a presentation called “Building A Better Financial World” at industry conference LendIt. Samir said that expected average returns for all Funding Circle loans after fees and bad debts,…
Mat Gazeley from Zopa has just published more details about how Zopa matches your money to borrowers in a blog post. The key takeaways Mat explained that, above all else, Zopa lenders who receive loan repayments are ahead in the queue when it comes to…
Spokesperson Aldwyn Boscawen from Wellesley & Co., the P2P lending service, informed 4thWay today: “The Peer-to-Peer Finance Association has accepted the resignation of Wellesley & Co. with immediate effect. Following conversations between the P2PFA and Wellesley & Co. it became apparent that Wellesley’s ongoing marketing strategy would be…
