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

    • Rebirth Financial Launches Nationally -Rebirth Financial, Inc. today announced the nationwide launch of its successful small business lending program. Since launching in 2010, Rebirth Financial has helped hundreds of small businesses in Louisiana and Tennessee gain access to millions of dollars in loans…
    • Peer-to-peer lending up as rates languish – Many people were sceptical about peer-to-peer lending and questioned whether it would ever take off in the UK, but with savings rates from banks and building societies suddenly hitting rock…
    • Taking a Close Look at Lending Club’s Underwriting Changes – I was in San Francisco last week visiting Lending Club and Prosper. So I took the opportunity to sit down with the risk management team at Lending Club to delve into the underwriting changes they introduced late last year. …
    • Is Lending Club going through growing pains? – I am a client of Lending Club. Lending Club and its main competitor, Prosper, facilitate peer-to-peer lending. They offer slick online platforms that make it easy for me to lend money to another person living in the US…
    • Lending Club Appoints Former Visa President as Director – SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Lending Club (http://www.lendingclub.com) announced today that former Visa Inc. President Hans Morris has joined the company’s board of directors as a director and chair of the audit committee…