Peer-to-peer lending stories

Harmoney reshuffles senior exec team; appoints new CEO for 2020
Tue, 20th Aug 2019
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Australasian marketplace lender Harmoney has appointed Australian-based David Stevens as its new CEO, effective early 2020.

Peer-to-peer lending company Harmoney picks DataRobot for credit risk assessment AI
Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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The machine learning models Harmoney has created with DataRobot are trained on data captured from more than 300,000 loan applications.

Peer-to-peer: Wellington ranks #2 in the world for sharing economy
Tue, 23rd May 2017
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Overall, the study finds that New Zealand offers the highest returns for investors on peer-to-peer money lending platforms.

Harmoney's P2P loan insurance a Kiwi world first
Tue, 12th Jul 2016
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Harmoney has claimed to be the first in the world to use peer-to-peer lending for 'unforeseen hardship' on loans, the company reports.

PledgeMe dips toes into P2P pond
Mon, 11th Jan 2016
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Crowdfunding platform PledgeMe has applied for a license to offer peer-to-peer lending.

New peer-to-peer lender aims to shake up the market
Tue, 20th Oct 2015
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New Zealand-based P2P lender Lending Crowd aims to disrupt SME finance with loans up to $200,000.

Harmoney founder and CEO Neil Roberts leaves board
Fri, 31st Jul 2015
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Neil Roberts steps down from board of Harmoney Corp but remains as CEO. Reasons for departure not disclosed.

Is the $2 million equity crowdfunding limit too low?
Wed, 17th Jun 2015
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The $2 million limit on equity crowdfunding may be revised up over time, says Snowball Effect co-founder Josh Daniell.

How Harmoney is disrupting the traditional finance market
Fri, 30th Jan 2015
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Sites such as Harmoney are said to be disrupting traditional banks and are changing the face of financing as we know it.

Trade Me acquires stake in peer-to-peer lender Harmoney
Mon, 12th Jan 2015
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Trade Me has acquired a 15% stake in lending platform Harmoney, New Zealand’s first peer-to-peer lending company, for $7.7m.

Harmoney challenges traditional finance market
Wed, 17th Dec 2014
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Launched in September this year, Harmoney is a New Zealand based peer-to-peer lending service that connects those who want to borrow with those who want to invest.

Goldsmith approves second tranche of FMCA regulation
Tue, 4th Nov 2014
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regulation
The second phase of regulation of the Financial Markets Conduct Act, which overhauled the decades old Securities Act, has been approved by newly in.