Analysis

April 2, 2020

Peer-to-peer industry faces rocky road ahead

With coronavirus dampening stock markets, P2P lenders are hoping for a resurgence. But not everyone is so confident.


Anastasija Oleinika, group CEO, TWINO

In late February, on the sidelines of TechChill, the Latvian tech conference, Martins Sulte, cofounder and chief executive of peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Mintos, waxed lyrical about the growth of his company.

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