Make way for peer-to-peer lending - where anyone with Web access can be a banker and small business owners are finding a new way to raise cash. The industry is still in its infancy, but has been catching fire as major players enter the market. The UK's Zopa - considered the grand-daddy of the niche - launched its U.S. operations in December, California-based Lending Club debuted on social networking giant Facebook in May, and billionaire Richard Branson relaunched Circle Lending as Virgin Money USA in October.
Peer-to-peer lending gaining steam
Posted by JohnH under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.newsobserver.com 5925 days ago
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