P2P Money Blog

Zopa has today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Metro Bank to allow funds to be lent through Zopa's peer-to-peer lending platform.  This follows previous agreements between banks to refer borrowers, but this is one of the first where… more »

Funding Circle announced a closed beta of their API back in November 2013, and since then developers - including those at P2P money - have been eagerly waiting for this functionality.  We asked Funding Circle for an update in March 2014 and we received… more »

The 2015 budget didn't contain any firm commitments on the ISA front there was the confirmation that lenders will be able to offset their P2P losses from April 2016. Excepts from the Budget 2015 document: 2.83 Extending ISA eligibility - The list of… more »

For years Zopa were regarded as the "largest" peer-to-peer lender in the UK.  This should not be surprising as they were the first and had been been running for several years before any serious competition emerged.  However RateSetter now state the foll… more »

With the Scottish referendum several weeks away, we look at how independence would affect peer-to-peer lending between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. The vast majority of UK peer-to-peer companies are based in England, with one company -… more »