52 results about this entity
Period: 01 Nov 2006 - 17 Jun 2024
News
US person-to-person lending exchange Prosper has paid $1 million to US state securities regulators to resolve a probe into the sale of unregistered securities over the site.
02 December 2008
Loanio has become the latest US online person-to-person lending exchange to stop taking new loans whilst it registers promissory notes with securities authorities.
28 November 2008
US online person-to-person lending exchange Prosper has stopped accepting new loans as it looks to register its business with federal regulators.
17 October 2008
US person-to-person (P2P) network Lending Club has stopped accepting new loans and lender registrations on its platform as it looks to register its business with securities authorities.
14 April 2008
A new online person-to-person (P2P) lending network, called IOU Central, has been launched in Canada.
13 February 2008
Social banking platforms - such as peer-to-peer (P2P) lending networks like Zopa and Prosper - will grow to control 10% of the worldwide market for retail lending and financial planning by 2010, according to research by consultancy Gartner.
06 February 2008
A new US study released by Javelin Research & Strategy predicts that more Americans will turn to online person-to-person (P2P) social lending networks to pay off credit card debt, with the amount borrowed for this purpose expected to grow from $38 billion in 2007 to $159 billion by 2012.
07 December 2007
UK peer-to-peer lending platform Zopa is working with US credit unions as it looks to take on rival firms such as Prosper in the North American market.
30 November 2007
The growth of Web 2.0-based peer-to-peer social lending services is continuing with the launch of new facilities in Australia and New Zealand.
31 October 2007
Electronic auction house eBay has launched MicroPlace, a Web site that enables US customers to invest in microfinance projects aimed at helping people in the poorest parts of the world.
26 October 2007
P2P loan network Lending Club is expanding beyond its original Facebook member base to connect lenders and borrowers over the public Internet via a new Website, LendingClub.com.
14 September 2007
LendingClub, the peer-to-peer social lending site launched on Facebook three months ago has secured $10.26 million in a Series A funding round led by Canaan Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
24 August 2007
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