It’s been a relatively busy week for the world of peer-to-peer lending. Prosper.com and Lending Club both had record months in May, originating a combined $24.1 million in new loans. In addition, Lending Club hired a new Chief Risk Officer and Social Lending Network showed us how one can setup an IRA with Prosper.com.

Here are this week’s headlines:

390,000 US$ P2P Loan Funded via Rebirth Financial (P2P-Banking.com)

Five Strategies of Successful Prosper Lenders — Part One (Prosper Marketplace)

How to Setup an IRA for Prosper (Social Lending Network)

Lending Club Hires former JPMorgan Exec as New Chief Risk Officer (Lending Club by way of PR News Wire)

More Start-Ups Seek Peer-to-Peer Loans (The Wall Street Journal)

Prosper on the Fritz (Tiny Little Loans)

Prosper.com Reports Double-Digit Compound Monthly Growth for Eight Consecutive Months (Prosper Marketplace by way of Marketwire)