Top Marketplace Lending Headlines of February 2017

2017 promises to be an energized and exciting year for the marketplace lending and peer-to-peer industries. In addition to Prime Meridian Capital Management’s recent nomination in the Top Fund Manager category at the upcoming LendIt Awards, we’ve also noticed an uptick in compelling industry headlines from this past month.

Here are some top marketplace headlines from February:

• Prosper Inks $5 Billion Loan-Buying Deal with Investors Including Soros, Jefferies 
  February 27, 2017
  Wall Street Journal

• LendIt Conference 2017: Orchard’s CEO Matt Burton Talks Marketplace Lending
  February 23, 2017
  Forbes

• More Of The Same Or Time For Change? Six Fintech Predictions For 2017
  February 14, 2017
  Forbes

• Housing Whitepaper: Government Actions May Boost Online Lenders
  February 13, 2017
  Crowdfund Insider

• P2P lending to benefit from rising growth and inflation?
  February 9, 2017
  ValueWalk

• Record month for consumer focused peer-to-peer lenders
  February 3, 2017
  Altfi