Comments on: Social lending http://www.disruptivebanking.com/2009/03/19/social-lending/ The world of banking scrutinized Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Home Loans http://www.disruptivebanking.com/2009/03/19/social-lending/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Home Loans Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:23:20 +0000 http://www.disruptivebanking.com/?p=822#comment-175 I think this has worked so well and could well play a bigger bpart in lending in the future. I think this has worked so well and could well play a bigger bpart in lending in the future.

]]> By: Dirk http://www.disruptivebanking.com/2009/03/19/social-lending/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Dirk Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:39:46 +0000 http://www.disruptivebanking.com/?p=822#comment-115 TechCrunch just published a related <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/19/lending-club-gets-a-12-million-credibility-boost/" rel="nofollow">story</a> on <a href="http://www.lendingclub.com" rel="nofollow">LendingClub</a>, which isn't mentioned in your article. It seems that Prosper and Zopa are not active anymore in the US market due to regulatory issues. There was also a similar initiative beginning of 2008 in the Netherlands, but it also had to close down because it hadn't got a banking license. Is the banking branch with all their regulations and a Central Bank that is often defending the traditional banking system protecting itself against this kind of threat? TechCrunch just published a related story on LendingClub, which isn’t mentioned in your article. It seems that Prosper and Zopa are not active anymore in the US market due to regulatory issues. There was also a similar initiative beginning of 2008 in the Netherlands, but it also had to close down because it hadn’t got a banking license.

Is the banking branch with all their regulations and a Central Bank that is often defending the traditional banking system protecting itself against this kind of threat?

]]> By: A. http://www.disruptivebanking.com/2009/03/19/social-lending/comment-page-1/#comment-114 A. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:37:20 +0000 http://www.disruptivebanking.com/?p=822#comment-114 Wired just published this blog post: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/open-source-har.html Apparently, the open source hardware community have trouble getting money from traditional sources. Investors are uncomfortable with the idea that hardware designs are released as open source. So instead they're setting up a community where they can invest in each other. Wired just published this blog post: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/open-source-har.html

Apparently, the open source hardware community have trouble getting money from traditional sources. Investors are uncomfortable with the idea that hardware designs are released as open source. So instead they’re setting up a community where they can invest in each other.

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