Posts Tagged peer to peer lending

  • Peer-to-peer lending treading water in Australia?

    Peer-to-peer lender Lending Hub launched this week, joining existing Australian players iGrin and Fosik.Led by former investment banker Ivan Mantelli, Lending Hub has been in development since 2007, at the height of the gold rush towards peer-to-peer lending start-ups.The financial world has changed...

  • P2P Innovation & the credit crunch

    In the midst of the volumes of coverage of the credit crunch, the announcement that Zopa will close its US operations after less than a year in the market received little attention.Its closure is indeed linked to the current market conditions despite the company stating that its credit union partner...

  • Enterprise & Web 2.0 for Financial Services

    We've covered Web 2.0 challenges for banks in this blog quite a bit, which is why I'm looking forward to covering a dedicated full-day forum on the topic, being held by Online Banking Review in Sydney next Thursday.Speakers include local Enterprise 2.0 expert Ross Dawson, as well as industry represe...

  • Banking Review Podcast launch

    Last week at our Online Banking Strategy forum I launched the Banking Review Podcast – a series of interviews with people with something interesting to say about the banking industry.The first interview is with James Gardner, head of innovation with UK bank Lloyds TSB. Please forgive the poor qual...

  • Fosiking for a better loan?

    Another peer-to-peer lender is preparing to launch in Australia, marketing itself as the “The Bank of Mum and Dad.” Fosik founder and CEO Pat Hammond told Online Banking Review the group’s online loan market is currently in testing mode, with the full service likely to go live in June.Hammond ...

  • P2P lending gaining global traction

    Peer to peer lender Zopa has launched in the US, following a tie-up with 6 US-based credit unions. The setup means Zopa can offer investors a deposit guarantee, setting it apart from its major local competitor, Prosper.Zopa has also launched an offering in Italy, with a similar model to that offered...

  • First Australian peer-to-peer lender goes live

    Peer-to-peer lender iGrin has quietly launched as it prepares to take on the Australian banking industry.CEO Phil Hopper, a former exec manager in CBA’s global markets, told Online Banking Review the privately funded start-up has set out to build Australia’s first and best P2P banking community....

  • Web 2.0 for financial services podcast

    Last month I sat down with HotHouse founder Simon van Wyk to discuss the issues and opportunities presented by web 2.0 for the financial services industry.The podcast can be downloaded from the HotHouse Noise blog.This 20 minute chat includes our thoughts on which web 2.0 technologies will be embrac...

  • Peer-to-peer lending for Australia

    A new peer-to-peer lending service is gearing up to launch in Australia and New Zealand.PeerMint founder Scott Rigby told Online Banking Review the group plans to launch locally in November, with Rigby's twin brother managing the Canadian arm of the business based in Vancouver.Rigby says of the thre...