P2P lender Renrendai believes they are well positioned to survive and eventually thrive after the regulatory crackdown in China ends; the company matches small businesses with investors, which is not under the same level of scrutiny as consumer p2p platforms but are still feeling the pain; there are about 1,000 p2p platforms still operating in China according to Wangdai Zhijia, though that number is expected to drop significantly; they are still seeing strong demand for credit and have said that financing small businesses is supported by the government. Source.
