P2P Lending News

 

Zopa Closes: More Negative P2P Lending News

I planned to blog in commiseration with Tom about being denied for a loan. Tom was denied for a Zopa loan and I was rejected for a GE Money Bank credit card through Amazon. GE Money Bank took 10 days to tell me that they could not verify my identity despite the promise [...]

Related Stores

Continue reading → Zopa Closes: More Negative P2P Lending News

O Loanio, Loanio, Wherefore art thou Loanio?

Loanio has continued to claim be almost available since I started blogging on P2P lending. Loanio in fact has been promising its imminent release since before I started blogging P2P lending — back in November of 2008.
For about the past year (maybe more), Loanio has been requesting you to sign up for their [...]

Related Stores

Continue reading → O Loanio, Loanio, Wherefore art thou Loanio?

Prosper Marketplace Update Targeted at “Lazy Man and Money”?

I received a Prosper Marketplace update via email. There were several interesting items, but it the last item stood out:
Legal Agreement Revisions
A minor change has been made to the following legal agreements, to clarify that selling or buying a recommendation or endorsement is not allowed. Please refer to the links below to view these changes.

This [...]

Related Stores

Continue reading → Prosper Marketplace Update Targeted at “Lazy Man and Money”?

Submit for the next P2P Lending Carnival

The next p2p lending carnival will be hosted here at Personal Loan Portfolio. There are not a large number of submissions that have been received to date, so you have a great chance of being prominently featured in the carnival. If you have recently written about Lending Club, Prosper Marketplace, Fynanz, or other [...]

Related Stores

Continue reading → Submit for the next P2P Lending Carnival

Lending Club SEC Update During the Quiet Period

Lending Club just sent an update via email about their latest filing with the SEC. Unfortunately, they are still in a quiet period so they do not say much about the ongoing outlook, but it seems they may be one step closer to completing the requirements to return to P2P lending. So maybe [...]

Related Stores

Continue reading → Lending Club SEC Update During the Quiet Period

Lending Club Webby: Can’t Say Anything! Quiet Period

Congratulations to Lending Club for winning a Webby Award. Other recipients included David Byrne, will.i.am of the Blackeyed Peas, Stephen Colbert, Lorne Michaels, Michel Gondry, and Tim and Eric. Many, many other organizations won awards including the Peace Corps which won a Webby award for a government website.
Lending Cub gave a tongue-in-cheek acceptance [...]

Related Stores

Continue reading → Lending Club Webby: Can’t Say Anything! Quiet Period

Lending Club, Prosper.com, and more: P2P Lending News Roundup

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 is unfortunate that Lending Club entered a quiet period just as they were gaining tremendous growth in [...]

Related Stores

Continue reading → Lending Club, Prosper.com, and more: P2P Lending News Roundup

Lending Club Quiet Period Announcement: A Blog RoundUp

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 [...]

Related Stores

Continue reading → Lending Club Quiet Period Announcement: A Blog RoundUp

Email Updates