Archive for November, 2009

At Prosper we strive to be on top of what is happening in the financial industry, and to share that knowledge with you. Today we are highlighting an eye opening and moving PBS Frontline piece investigating the consumer loan industry and what’s ahead for all of us as consumers as well as banks.

Check out The Card Game

Continue reading Prosper recommendation: The Card Game

Please nominate Prosper as the Best Overall Startup at the Crunchies Awards!  Continue reading Nominate Prosper as Best Overall Startup at the Crunchies Awards!

Prosper News Updates:

November 11, 2009
Fast Company: Peer-to-Peer Lending Explained: Brother, Can You Spare $100? By Lydia Dishman

Continue reading Prosper’s Media Roundup – 11/17/2009

Effective today, Prosper welcomes back Kansas Borrowers – we are now open for business for again. Continue reading Kansas now is open to Borrowers!

We are pleased to inform our community that Nigel W. Morris, Co-Founder of Capital One, has joined Prosper’s Board of Directors and his venture capital firm, QED Investors, has invested in the company.

By way of background,  Nigel Morris co-founded Capital One in the early 1990’s, and during his ten-year tenure, Capital One’s customer base grew to over 40 million, managed loans increased to more than $70 billion and the company emerged as one of the top seven issuers of MasterCard and Visa credit cards in the world.

Continue reading Prosper receives investment in company