Zopa
Zopa Italy Rebrands as Smartika
Zopa and Zopa Italy have ended the franchise agreement which allowed Zopa Italy to use the Zopa branding. As a result, Zopa’s Italy operations will be rebranding under the name Smartika.IT. Smartika CEO Maurizio Sella recently made the following announcement about the name change (this is a rough translation from the original Italian): The franchise [...]
P2P Finance Trade Association Launched in U.K.
Funding Circle, Zopa and RateSetter have teamed up to create the first trade association of companies in the peer-to-peer finance industry. The U.K. association, known simply as the Peer2Peer Finance Association, says on its website that it was setup to “primarily to ensure this innovative and fast growing sector maintains high minimum standards of protection [...]
Zopa UK Eliminates Individual Loan Listings
Zopa’s UK operations recently announced that it would be eliminating individual loan listings from its service. Unlike other peer-to-peer lending companies, the majority of the loans are made through Zopa Markets, which allow lenders to spread their funds across a pool of borrowers. The company said that loan listings were a small and declining proportion [...]
Zopa Is Hiring: Work for a Peer-to-Peer Lending Company
If you’ve ever wanted to work for a peer-to-peer lending company and happen to live in the U.K., you’re in luck. Zopa is looking to fill two positions in its London office. The company is looking for a web designer and a business analyst. From Zopa’s blog: “We’re on the hunt for a superb business [...]
Corrected: Zopa Italy Relaunch Delayed
Correction: The initial post stating that the Bank of Italy reneged on their agreement with Zopa was inaccurate. Thanks to the Zopa Italy team for clarifying things. A corrected post is shown below. In an update on their blog today, Italian P2P lender Zopa Italia has announced that the site will not relaunch until October or later. Zopa has [...]
Zopa announces launch of Zopa Japan
Social lending juggernaut Zopa announced today, on its third birthday, that they will open a P2P lending site in Japan, the world’s second largest economy. The joint venture, Zopa Japan KK, will be led by finance veteran and chairman Takeshi Yoneda and CEO Tatsuya Kuboi. No date has been set for the site’s launch, but Zopa [...]
Zopa planning to introduce borrower listings
On August 13, Zopa solicited feedback in an online chat for a new feature they’re calling “Zopa Listings”. If you’re familiar with what a listing is on Prosper (basically, a public and personal request for a loan), then you know what a Zopa listing is. The differences between a Zopa listing and a Prosper listing are few. [...]
Zopa wins Webby for Banking/Bill Paying
The winners of the Internet’s answer to the Cable Ace Awards, The Webby Awards, were announced today. And in true internet style, startup Zopa beat two huge banks in the category of top Banking/Bill Paying web site. The real irony is that Bank of America won the People’s Choice award. Kudos go to design agency Poke out of London, who created the award-winning [...]
Zopa US – the boy who cried wolf
Yesterday, Zopa sent out yet another email message to its US audience announcing the imminent launch of Zopa US. This marks the third time that Zopa has made serious claims about launching a P2P lending site in the US: Crossing the Pond - Jan 2006, launch estimated for “early this year (2006)”, later revised to “Q2 2006″ Zopa [...]
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