Person-to-person lender, Prosper, announced its first annual user meeting next February in San Francisco. Registration is a refundable $25 and includes an all-day session with dinner on Monday, Feb. 12, and a half-day on Tuesday, Feb. 13.
The agenda has not been published. Online signup is here.
The October newsletter (see End Notes for screenshot) also announced the arrival of the group ratings, an important milestone for the nine-month-old service. Group ratings promise to help lenders locate borrowers with better-than-expected likelihood of repayment. If it works, Prosper could become a major force in consumer lending. If it doesn't, the company will have to find another way to beat the loan default odds.
For more information:
- For prior coverage of Prosper and its U.K. rival Zopa, look here.
- For detailed analysis of the market, see Online Banking Report #127 published in March
End Notes (click on the link below to see Prosper's Oct. newsletters)
October 2006 newsletter sent to Prosper lenders, 23 Oct. 2006 (click to enlarge):
October 2006 newsletter sent to Prosper group leaders, 23 Oct. 2006 (click to enlarge):
