The Marketplace Lending Global Overview - by LendIt's Peter Renton
By LendIt's Peter Renton
Peter Renton, founder of Lend Academy and co-founder of LendIt, provides his global overview of marketplace lending in this video from LendIt USA 2017; in his presentation he reviews the biggest stories of 2016 across the US, UK and China; topics discussed were Lending Club's challenges, the OCC Fintech Charter, Goldman’s Marcus, the FCA’s regulatory review, Zopa’s pursuit of a banking license, the CBRC’s announcement of regulation of online lending in China and more; Peter also shares the top originators in consumer, small business and real estate in the US while sharing the major players in the UK and China; finally he shares his outlook for 2017.