Zopa was the industry’s first peer-to-peer lending platform, launching in the UK in 2005; Lend Academy talks with Jaidev Janardana from Zopa about his role as CEO over the past 18 months and how the business is changing with the firm’s new banking initiative; Zopa will be taking advantage of some unique market opportunities with its banking services; the firm will not be offering current accounts but plans to integrate open banking to provide its clients more offerings beyond borrowing and lending. Source
