The peer-to-peer lending model in Belgium : A disruptive outsider ?

The growing penetration of modern internet technologies is changing our social and economic lives, including how we interact with one another and how we share resources. Digitalisation gives rise to new market entry opportunities, especially for technology providers in the financial services area. As a result, peer-to-peer lending, a recent type of alternative finance that puts borrowers and lenders in direct contact through an online platform, started to emerge in the 2000s. Peer-to-peer lending has rapidly expanded in several countries, to the point that one may start to believe that these p... Mehr ...