Here are some of the latest peer-to-peer lending and financial innovation stories from around the web:

  • Roundup of Social Lending News – May 5, 2012 – Every Saturday I bring you the latest news from the world of peer to peer lending. These are the best of the news articles and blog posts from around the web that I shared on Twitter this past week. Probably the most important article of this week was the one on Daily Finance, the widely read site…
  • This Financial Advisor is Very Bullish About P2P Lending – Brendan Ross is one of the few financial advisors who gets p2p lending. He is the principal of Ross Asset Advisors based in Los Angeles and I chatted with him recently about his practice and his p2p lending investments. An edited transcript of the interview is below. SLN: Tell me a bit about your practice….
  • Mac or PC? Learn how one borrower made the call with Prosper.com – One of the great things about a Prosper Loan is that you can use it in a variety of ways.*Jay Julian is a great example of this. He used his first loan to upgrade his PC and purchase an iPad – and then he came back for a second loan to complete the switch to…
  • Prosper and Lending Club Issue $53.7 Million in New Loans in April – The numbers keep rolling on. After posting just over $50 million in total new loans between them in March, Lending Club and Prosper continued their steady rise with $53.7 million in new loans issued in April. The growth remained very strong at Lending Club while at Prosper the growth rate has slowed down somewhat but volume…
  • Roundup of Social Lending News – April 28, 2012 – Every Saturday I bring you the latest news from the world of peer to peer lending. These are the best of the news articles and blog posts from around the web that I shared on Twitter this past week. We have many great articles here for your weekend reading. One of the most interesting articles from this…
  • Smava Changes Business Model; Brokers Bank Loans – German Smava, launched 2007, yesterday announced that it will offer more products and evolve into a marketplace where borrowers seeking loans get multiple offers. The site logo and layout have been redesigned to reflect this change. Smava said p2p loans will be continued to be on offer and the new products (bank loans) added will…