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

  • Roundup of Social Lending News – June 2, 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 had quite an interesting range of stories in this holiday shortened week. Of course, one of the…
  • Using Prosper Ratings to Diversify Your Portfolio for More Consistent Returns – In this 15-minute video, Prosper.com executives Jim Catlin, EVP of Risk, and Joseph Toms, Chief Investment Officer cover:

    Analytical insights on the performance of loans based on risk ratings (Prosper Ratings AA to HR)

    What to consider beyond the estimated return of a P2P investment

    How to use Prosper Ratings to diversify your portfolio for…

  • U.S. P2P Lenders Have a Phenomenal Month in May – What a great month. As I shared earlier this week Lending Club and Prosper combined crossed over the $1 billion mark this month. And as if to celebrate both companies turned in very strong months. The total new loan volume in May was $57.9 million up over $4.2 million from April. To give you an…
  • The $50 Discount for the P2P Lending Wealth System Ends Tomorrow – Just a quick one today. I received this email yesterday from an investor who had recently bought my new video course, the P2P Lending Wealth System. This is what this person had to say about the course: The videos were excellent, your commentary is thorough and thoughtful. For a novice investor, it was invaluable to…
  • Lending Club and Prosper Pass $1 Billion in Total Loans Issued – Over the long weekend Lending Club and Prosper hit a major milestone. Together, they have issued more than $1 billion in new loans now. You can read my story on Techcrunch about this milestone here. As of this writing we stand at $345,290,750 in total loans issued for Prosper and $655,349,875 for Lending Club (according…
  • Roundup of Social Lending News – May 26, 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 had some really great articles this week from a variety of sources. I already mentioned the Seeking…
  • Another P2P Lending Convert from Mainstream Investing – Seeking Alpha is one of the leading websites for news on investing. I have been receiving their stock market alerts and free newsletters for some time. That is why I was very pleased to read this article there earlier this week by Zack Miller, an author, blogger and the managing director at a boutique investment firm….