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Young US Online Bankers And Social Media

Assessing Opportunities To Connect With Next-Gen Consumers

by Edward Kountz, February 13, 2009

The rise of social media is changing the way consumers communicate online, introducing a two-way dialogue and giving users the ability to more effectively disseminate and share information with other online users. While most of today's usage is centered . . .

For Consumer Market Research Professionals

Technographics® Survey Highlights: North American Technographics Financial Services Online Survey, Q2 2008  (354 KB PPT)

by Jacqueline Anderson, September 29, 2008

This highlight deck reviews the key findings from the Q2 2008 Financial Services Online Survey. This survey covered questions given to US adults around financial products and habits.

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Consumers Show Little Interest In Person-To-Person Lending

An Increasingly Crowded Field Divvies Up A Small Market

by Brad Strothkamp, September 26, 2008

Person-to-person lending has seen a flurry of media attention and new entrants over the past two years. Forrester surveyed US online consumers on their interest in the concept. They showed little interest, mainly because they are skeptical of the benefits, . . .

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Prosper's P2P Lending Network Defies Status Quo

Social Computing Comes To Financial Services

by Catherine Graeber, June 12, 2006

Chris Larsen, co-founder and former chairman of E-LOAN, is back on the scene, challenging the status quo again with a new venture called Prosper Marketplace, an online loan marketplace with a Social Computing twist. Think of it as a melding of eBay and . . .

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Zopa Shows That P2P Lending Can Work

by Benjamin Ensor, May 23, 2006

UK consumer lending marketplace Zopa has proved that online peer-to-peer lending is viable by attracting 72,000 members in its first year. Even so, the firm faces some big hurdles as it tries to win enough customers to build a sustainable business. Whether . . .