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P2P lending

P2P becomes a bigger part of peoples’ daily lives, the coming year will bring the challenges of earning more revenue from those services, and persuading a broader group of consumers to use these digital payment methods.

China Imposes Caps On Marketplace Borrowing
China Imposes Caps On Marketplace Borrowing
August 25, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Corporates and consumers in China now have a limit to how much they can borrow via alternative P2P lending platforms. Reports by Bloomberg on Wednesday (Aug. 23)...

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Micro-Firms To Play Key Role In P2P Lending Growth
Micro-Firms To Play Key Role In P2P Lending Growth
August 02, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Small businesses will be crucial to the expansion of the P2P lending market across the globe, analysts from Technavio said. New data from Technavio research...

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Commerzbank Joins The Alt-Lending Competition
Commerzbank Joins The Alt-Lending Competition
June 22, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Germany’s Commerzbank is entering the marketplace lending space. The FI announced on Tuesday (June 21) that it will launch a peer-to-peer small business lending platform...

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RateSetter Takes First Business Lending Steps
RateSetter Takes First Business Lending Steps
May 31, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Has the Lending Club debacle taught the alternative lending industry anything? Perhaps, but the lesson isn’t that the players should abandon the market. The marketplace...

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Lending Club Ripple Effect Reaches Across The Pond
Lending Club Ripple Effect Reaches Across The Pond
May 11, 2016  |  International

The Lending Club saga has had reverberations across the pond, according to Reuters. As noted by the newswire on Tuesday (May 10), the fact that...

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P2P Lending Apps Swamp UK Regulator
P2P Lending Apps Swamp UK Regulator
April 01, 2016  |  Regulation

Reuters reported on Thursday (March 31) that, in the United Kingdom, “a flurry of companies” have been busy pursuing authorization to boost, or create, their peer-to-peer...

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P2P Lenders Consider Setting Up Shop On Main Street
P2P Lenders Consider Setting Up Shop On Main Street
February 15, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

Online P2P lenders in the U.K. may soon be leaving the digital-only world in favor of getting a toe into brick-and-mortar business — specifically, when...

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Financial Inclusion: Measuring Impact, One Mobile Account At A Time
Financial Inclusion: Measuring Impact, One Mobile Account At A Time
January 07, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

The $64 billion P2P global market has many worthy players, but many of those who are making a dent in the financial inclusion arena are...

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