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Finding work-life balance with film production and fintech

What do film production and fintech have in common? On the surface, not much. Unless you count the number of times I’ve thought about getting a Zopa loan to put…

Posted on 23 May 2018
by Caroline Amer

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Three things I wish I knew earlier about Machine Learning

(Reposted from www.peadarcoyle.com) I’ve been working with Machine Learning models both in academic and industrial settings for a few years now, and I recently watched the excellent Scalable ML from…

Posted on 09 March 2018
by Peadar Coyle

Inside Zopa Tech Zopian life

Women in Tech at Zopa

Last week, we hosted our first Women in Tech event at Zopa. People from all over the industry joined us for an evening of eating mince pies, networking and listening…

Posted on 22 December 2017
by Laura Wilson

Future of finance Tech

Open Source at Zopa

Recently we were contacted by the Python Sprints Meetup - a group that wants to encourage people to contribute to Open Source via workshops and sprints. One of our data…

Posted on 13 December 2017
by Peadar Coyle

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Three ways Zopa is staying disruptive

When Zopa was launched, our founders were focused on a simple customer problem: those who needed money were being charged high rates to borrow whilst those looking to invest were…

Posted on 31 March 2017
by Zopian blogger

Future of finance Inside Zopa

U-turn? Adair Turner gives positive assessment of P2P industry

The peer-to-peer industry received a boost this week, when former regulator Lord Turner said it is likely to become a stable, significant and useful part of our credit system and…

Posted on 19 October 2016
by Sara Bishop

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Zopa’s co-founder Giles Andrews named in The Digital Banking Club Power 50

We’re excited to announce that our executive chairman and co-founder, Giles Andrews, was included in the third annual Digital Banking Club Power 50. About the Power 50 The Power 50…

Posted on 14 October 2016
by Sara Bishop

Future of finance Tech

The tech behind Zopa – how we’re building the future of finance

This is the first in a new series of posts about the technology that drives Zopa. To read more, visit our tech homepage. In 2004 Zopa founded a new type…

Posted on 06 October 2016
by Ronen Benchetrit

Future of finance

Much more than a temporary phenomenon

This week, the newspapers have covered a Deloitte report that discusses whether marketplace lending is a temporary phenomenon. A long-term threat to the banks? The report highlighted a number of…

Posted on 24 May 2016
by Sara Bishop

Future of finance

Fintech trends explained

As the growth in popularity of peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding platforms shows, financial technology – or fintech for short – is big business these days. Banks and other major institutions…

Posted on 31 March 2016
by Chris Torney

Future of finance

Guest post: The benefits that benchmarking can bring to the growth of alternative finance

Since Zopa pioneered the P2P lending industry over a decade ago, we have seen a diverse and unique industry expand to include, consumer, business, invoice trading and property lending. There…

Posted on 24 February 2016
by Guest blogger

Future of finance

What’s happening in the Alternative Finance sector?

The UK alternative finance sector grew by 84% in 2015, according to Nesta’s 2015 Alternative Finance Report (PDF). It facilitated £3.2 billion in loans, investments and donations, up from £1.74…

Posted on 19 February 2016
by Chris Torney

Future of finance Inside Zopa

Record growth for peer-to-peer lending in 2015

The peer-to-peer lending industry lent more than £2.2 billion in 2015 according to new figures released from the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA). The sector has now lent £4.4 billion in…

Posted on 01 February 2016
by Chris Torney

Managing your money Your money

The rise of the robo-advisers

So much of the world is automated these days, it was perhaps only a matter of time before the trend reached our finances. There have been a number of recent…

Posted on 10 November 2015
by Chris Torney

Managing your money Your money

The online services giving consumers more control over their finances

A new wave of innovative finance companies is changing the way many of us in the UK manage our money. These firms are often described as being part of the…

Posted on 30 October 2015
by Chris Torney