china p2p lending

May

Virus shakes up Indonesia’s fast-growing P2P lending sector

Indonesia’s P2P lending sector has been growing fast for several years now, providing a vital credit channel for cash-strapped consumers and SMEs. In February, online lending increased 225% annually to reach US$6.1 billion, 80% of which was in the P2P segment, according to data compiled by the Indonesian government. Then…

Jan

China Banking Research

Who will be the biggest winners in China’s P2P crackdown?

No China fintech segment has fallen faster and harder than peer-to-peer lending. Not even cryptocurrency, which Beijing all but outlawed, has been crippled like P2P lending. The reason is simple: The scam-ridden P2P lending segment robbed hundreds of thousands of retail investors of their life savings. Some distraught victims even…

Sep

China Banking Research

Major Chinese P2P lenders scale down their businesses or exit industry

In China’s peer-to-peer lending sector, there’s no such thing as too big to fail. Chinese authorities have since last year been cracking down on widespread impropriety in the once ascendant segment. Even the preeminent platforms have not escaped unscathed, leaving many observers wondering if we have reached P2P’s twilight in…

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