P2P Money Blog

Peer-to-peer lending turns 10 today, which can only mean that today is Zopa's 10th birthday.  Many happy returns (excuse the pun)! We should also remember that peer-to-peer lending originated here in the United Kingdon with the launch of Zopa - "The fi… 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 »

The government has announced some significant changes to peer-to-peer lending in the Autumn Statement.  This was contained within the small print of the Autumn Statement document: This Autumn Statement announces support for Peer to Peer (P2P) and cro… more »

Zopa, the originator of peer-to-peer lending, has announced that it has lent a quarter of a billion pounds in the last 12 months.  Peer-to-peer lending is experiencing tripple digit growth and figures such as these only continue to highlight the success… 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 »