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Post by p2pfinancenews on Oct 8, 2019 10:47:15 GMT
Hello P2PIF community! I hope you're all well. I wanted to introduce myself properly - my name is Suzie Neuwirth and I'm the founder and editor-in-chief of Peer2Peer Finance News. As the only dedicated peer-to-peer lending publication, I expect many of you are already familiar with P2PFN. My team tends to keep an eye on the forum, but if there are any pressing issues which you think we should be made aware of, feel free to email me directly at suzie@p2pfinancenews.co.uk. There are clearly some extremely savvy P2P investors on this forum so your views are valuable to us! Thanks for the insights so far  Additionally, as some of you may be aware, we have recently moved to a subscription model. I hope that the additional revenues will allow me to invest more in my editorial team so that we can produce an even greater array and quality of content for you. You will still be able to read a few articles before subscribing, but if you are interested in taking up a subscription, this costs just £1.95 per week - less than a coffee and far more stimulating! Please click here for options: www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/subscribe/If you have any queries or feedback, feel free to get in touch. Thanks! Suzie |
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Post by aju on Oct 8, 2019 11:26:34 GMT
I wonder since I am receiving a paper copy of the monthly news will this be stopped if I don't actually pay the subs, I've been reading almost since it started but I find now that whilst the article are interesting I am only really interested in a couple of the biggest players. I read the rest for the fact its there but seeing the website weekly versions is probably not a good punt for a small player like me.
For the record I am 5 figure invested in RS and Zopa at present but getting very disillusioned about the move toward a more vanilla banking model and close to pulling out as I feel the underlying risks may become untenable.
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Post by macq on Oct 8, 2019 12:15:49 GMT
Hello P2PIF community! I hope you're all well. I wanted to introduce myself properly - my name is Suzie Neuwirth and I'm the founder and editor-in-chief of Peer2Peer Finance News. As the only dedicated peer-to-peer lending publication, I expect many of you are already familiar with P2PFN. My team tends to keep an eye on the forum, but if there are any pressing issues which you think we should be made aware of, feel free to email me directly at suzie@p2pfinancenews.co.uk. There are clearly some extremely savvy P2P investors on this forum so your views are valuable to us! Thanks for the insights so far Additionally, as some of you may be aware, we have recently moved to a subscription model. I hope that the additional revenues will allow me to invest more in my editorial team so that we can produce an even greater array and quality of content for you. You will still be able to read a few articles before subscribing, but if you are interested in taking up a subscription, this costs just £1.95 per week - less than a coffee and far more stimulating! Please click here for options: www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/subscribe/If you have any queries or feedback, feel free to get in touch. Thanks! Suzie i must admit to looking at the site at least Once a week for free latest news but to me that's the problem.To now start charging and be "more stimulating" then that cup of coffee i feel you need to move away from press releases and puffy interview pieces to justify the near £8 a month - so will keep an eye out for a while
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Post by p2pfinancenews on Oct 8, 2019 12:43:14 GMT
Thanks for the feedback so far - apologies for today's website issues, we've had some temporary glitches relating to the new developments. To continue to receive the monthly print edition, you will need an annual subscription - www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/subscribe/With regard to the content, we frequently break exclusives and certainly do not shy away from covering PR-unfriendly issues - if you take a look over articles from the past week, we've written about Lendy, defaults at The House Crowd and investor concerns at MoneyThing. As I previously mentioned, the revenues from subscriptions will be used to invest in our editorial team and improve the quality of our content. We do as much as we can as a small and growing business, but there are plenty more stones left unturned and campaigns we wish to launch, as well as information products. Again, happy to receive any feedback here or at suzie@p2pfinancenews.co.uk. Kind regards Suzie |
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Post by aju on Oct 8, 2019 13:18:55 GMT
Thanks for the feedback so far - apologies for today's website issues, we've had some temporary glitches relating to the new developments. To continue to receive the monthly print edition, you will need an annual subscription - www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/subscribe/With regard to the content, we frequently break exclusives and certainly do not shy away from covering PR-unfriendly issues - if you take a look over articles from the past week, we've written about Lendy, defaults at The House Crowd and investor concerns at MoneyThing. As I previously mentioned, the revenues from subscriptions will be used to invest in our editorial team and improve the quality of our content. We do as much as we can as a small and growing business, but there are plenty more stones left unturned and campaigns we wish to launch, as well as information products. Again, happy to receive any feedback here or at suzie@p2pfinancenews.co.uk. Kind regards Suzie Oh well I guess thats one more document less to read, the latest one is still on the floor in my pile of catchup I guess the next one won;t come until I stump up which isn't likely to happen. Back to the times I guess. I'm not sure it was really for the likes of myself anyway as macq says it's just too much for so little gain, Sorry but thanks for the brief look at what was perhaps useful on small stage to my meagre 5 figure investment in peer to peer. Lets hope this site forum does not start charging as well but there are numerous online places to find info that I need on a daily/weekly basis.
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Post by ashtondav on Oct 8, 2019 14:53:23 GMT
Thanks for the feedback so far - apologies for today's website issues, we've had some temporary glitches relating to the new developments. To continue to receive the monthly print edition, you will need an annual subscription - www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/subscribe/With regard to the content, we frequently break exclusives and certainly do not shy away from covering PR-unfriendly issues - if you take a look over articles from the past week, we've written about Lendy, defaults at The House Crowd and investor concerns at MoneyThing. As I previously mentioned, the revenues from subscriptions will be used to invest in our editorial team and improve the quality of our content. We do as much as we can as a small and growing business, but there are plenty more stones left unturned and campaigns we wish to launch, as well as information products. Again, happy to receive any feedback here or at suzie@p2pfinancenews.co.uk. Kind regards Suzie Oh well I guess thats one more document less to read, the latest one is still on the floor in my pile of catchup I guess the next one won;t come until I stump up which isn't likely to happen. Back to the times I guess. I'm not sure it was really for the likes of myself anyway as macq says it's just too much for so little gain, Sorry but thanks for the brief look at what was perhaps useful on small stage to my meagre 5 figure investment in peer to peer. Lets hope this site forum does not start charging as well but there are numerous online places to find info that I need on a daily/weekly basis. And that is the trouble with t’internet age. No one wants to pay for content, and yet someone has to be paid to generate content.
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Post by corto on Oct 8, 2019 15:54:13 GMT
It appears, we are generating part of the content
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Post by macq on Oct 8, 2019 17:04:04 GMT
Oh well I guess thats one more document less to read, the latest one is still on the floor in my pile of catchup I guess the next one won;t come until I stump up which isn't likely to happen. Back to the times I guess. I'm not sure it was really for the likes of myself anyway as macq says it's just too much for so little gain, Sorry but thanks for the brief look at what was perhaps useful on small stage to my meagre 5 figure investment in peer to peer. Lets hope this site forum does not start charging as well but there are numerous online places to find info that I need on a daily/weekly basis. And that is the trouble with t’internet age. No one wants to pay for content, and yet someone has to be paid to generate content. would agree that the internet has raised us to expect free content (very much with some people) but also on the other hand that every site/blog/app etc feels its unique and now the problem is now going the other way with people suffering subscription fatigue from to many companies chasing peoples "spare" cash - so you have to make choices It was me who questioned the content but i felt for approx £100 a year the site does not offer enough in the way of content for me. Personally i have subscribed to a sports site The Athletic which has hired many top writers and for about £50 has a new model in the sense that they have no ads or pop ups so have a different approach.But i still wonder if more people prefer their sports news free but with untold guff per page so not sure if they will succeed
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Post by aju on Oct 8, 2019 19:14:20 GMT
And that is the trouble with t’internet age. No one wants to pay for content, and yet someone has to be paid to generate content. would agree that the internet has raised us to expect free content (very much with some people) but also on the other hand that every site/blog/app etc feels its unique and now the problem is now going the other way with people suffering subscription fatigue from to many companies chasing peoples "spare" cash - so you have to make choices It was me who questioned the content but i felt for approx £100 a year the site does not offer enough in the way of content for me. Personally i have subscribed to a sports site The Athletic which has hired many top writers and for about £50 has a new model in the sense that they have no ads or pop ups so have a different approach.But i still wonder if more people prefer their sports news free but with untold guff per page so not sure if they will succeed I agree that content is not free someone has to pay but whilst it is free somewhere, quite apart from the fact that a lot of the information is sourced in one place and cc'd in many of the outlets then I have to be selective. I'm happy to read the magazine when it was free but to be frank it was not actually offering me much as a P2p investor in fact way less than this forum for which I contribute as much as I have in my armoury and I gain from others who have different slants and other value to add to my lot. Sadly I cannot justify the amount to pay here anymore than I can justify other outlets - It may be less than a coffee but sooner ofr later I have to make a decision and this one had to go.
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Post by corto on Oct 8, 2019 19:39:25 GMT
Aju
I perfectly agree with your opinion!
I am happy to agree or disagree with you in the future.
This opportunity is what I like with this forum!
Maybe I got it wrong
Regards
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Post by funktabulous on Oct 11, 2019 9:00:33 GMT
Hello P2PIF community! I hope you're all well. I wanted to introduce myself properly - my name is Suzie Neuwirth and I'm the founder and editor-in-chief of Peer2Peer Finance News. As the only dedicated peer-to-peer lending publication, I expect many of you are already familiar with P2PFN. My team tends to keep an eye on the forum, but if there are any pressing issues which you think we should be made aware of, feel free to email me directly at suzie@p2pfinancenews.co.uk. There are clearly some extremely savvy P2P investors on this forum so your views are valuable to us! Thanks for the insights so far Additionally, as some of you may be aware, we have recently moved to a subscription model. I hope that the additional revenues will allow me to invest more in my editorial team so that we can produce an even greater array and quality of content for you. You will still be able to read a few articles before subscribing, but if you are interested in taking up a subscription, this costs just £1.95 per week - less than a coffee and far more stimulating! Please click here for options: www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/subscribe/If you have any queries or feedback, feel free to get in touch. Thanks! Suzie If I could make a couple of suggestions re your publication: 1. You need a regular feature that gives something of value to investors beyond news/press release content, ideas might be a league table that shows funds under management ratio'd with losses, customer counts, diversification scores, that type of thing. 2. If there's problems getting that data/transparency - then that maybe should be the campaign point for the publication; I'd think you'd get more support from potential public paying subscribers (lenders and borrowers alike) if you had a clear stance on a key industry issue, which almost everyone on this board (from my limited reading) would advocate more transparency 3. In particular from my perspective, I would be very interested on more reporting regarding what individual p2p companies need to be successful, profitable and safe for their investors and lenders. For example, for any P2P platform I use - particularly a starting one or a growing one, I'd love to know how many funds they need to have under management for a viable business model that keeps them in existence - that way you can educate us as lenders. For example, I've invested in a platform, think it's a great idea, but how many more people like me does it need to be able to stay in business. That way I can equate risk with reward beyond 'the loan itself'. Ie, how safe is my platform. And if a company won't be transparent on that, then I won't be transparent enough to give them my funds either. I appreciate there's a fine balance between news and opinion, but that's how I'd part with a subscription Some deep dives on platforms that don't shy away from numbers. Best of luck with the publication.
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Post by macq on Oct 11, 2019 9:07:36 GMT
Hello P2PIF community! I hope you're all well. I wanted to introduce myself properly - my name is Suzie Neuwirth and I'm the founder and editor-in-chief of Peer2Peer Finance News. As the only dedicated peer-to-peer lending publication, I expect many of you are already familiar with P2PFN. My team tends to keep an eye on the forum, but if there are any pressing issues which you think we should be made aware of, feel free to email me directly at suzie@p2pfinancenews.co.uk. There are clearly some extremely savvy P2P investors on this forum so your views are valuable to us! Thanks for the insights so far Additionally, as some of you may be aware, we have recently moved to a subscription model. I hope that the additional revenues will allow me to invest more in my editorial team so that we can produce an even greater array and quality of content for you. You will still be able to read a few articles before subscribing, but if you are interested in taking up a subscription, this costs just £1.95 per week - less than a coffee and far more stimulating! Please click here for options: www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/subscribe/If you have any queries or feedback, feel free to get in touch. Thanks! Suzie If I could make a couple of suggestions re your publication: 1. You need a regular feature that gives something of value to investors beyond news/press release content, ideas might be a league table that shows funds under management ratio'd with losses, customer counts, diversification scores, that type of thing. 2. If there's problems getting that data/transparency - then that maybe should be the campaign point for the publication; I'd think you'd get more support from potential public paying subscribers (lenders and borrowers alike) if you had a clear stance on a key industry issue, which almost everyone on this board (from my limited reading) would advocate more transparency 3. In particular from my perspective, I would be very interested on more reporting regarding what individual p2p companies need to be successful, profitable and safe for their investors and lenders. For example, for any P2P platform I use - particularly a starting one or a growing one, I'd love to know how many funds they need to have under management for a viable business model that keeps them in existence - that way you can educate us as lenders. For example, I've invested in a platform, think it's a great idea, but how many more people like me does it need to be able to stay in business. That way I can equate risk with reward beyond 'the loan itself'. Ie, how safe is my platform. And if a company won't be transparent on that, then I won't be transparent enough to give them my funds either. I appreciate there's a fine balance between news and opinion, but that's how I'd part with a subscription Some deep dives on platforms that don't shy away from numbers. Best of luck with the publication. not the complete package but are you aware of the 4th way site?
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Post by funktabulous on Oct 11, 2019 15:57:38 GMT
I am thanks for the recommendation, it influenced me a lot early on in terms of the first few platforms I activated.
Agree not the whole package but a wealth of information on that site for those starting out.
I feel the industry needs some transparency and benchmarking, and if it's out there I can't find it. Review ratings and user experiences, while useful are all we have to go on when it comes to choosing platforms for our money. That's fine, but I look at it a bit like this - if I invest in shares, I can look at the company's financial results before I buy them, and there are accounting standards that allow comparison.
P2P platforms require too much blind faith - and that's where I think the FCA could up its game. Make platforms publish their financial welfare and path to profitability. I'm willing to take risks, but informed ones please.
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Post by Godanubis on Oct 11, 2019 17:03:02 GMT
Hello P2PIF community! I hope you're all well. I wanted to introduce myself properly - my name is Suzie Neuwirth and I'm the founder and editor-in-chief of Peer2Peer Finance News. As the only dedicated peer-to-peer lending publication, I expect many of you are already familiar with P2PFN. My team tends to keep an eye on the forum, but if there are any pressing issues which you think we should be made aware of, feel free to email me directly at suzie@p2pfinancenews.co.uk. There are clearly some extremely savvy P2P investors on this forum so your views are valuable to us! Thanks for the insights so far Additionally, as some of you may be aware, we have recently moved to a subscription model. I hope that the additional revenues will allow me to invest more in my editorial team so that we can produce an even greater array and quality of content for you. You will still be able to read a few articles before subscribing, but if you are interested in taking up a subscription, this costs just £1.95 per week - less than a coffee and far more stimulating! Please click here for options: www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/subscribe/If you have any queries or feedback, feel free to get in touch. Thanks! Suzie Just noticed this thread. Let me welcome you to the mad house. You are a brave person (Note the PC means of address ) to engage on this Forum.
Taken in a serious but lighthearted spirit I think overall you will find us a representative sample of the middle to upper class individuals that have disposable
income/assets which we try and squeeze a moderate return from.
We tend to keep each other in order with the moderators stepping in on the rare occasions we may get overheated.
Let me thank you for your engagment with forum members. (Take note Platform administrators) I hope you have time to continue this.
On the never ending search for a bargain a 10% discount for Forum members for a subscription might well be a good tactic.
So enjoy the ride it may be a little bumpy but what fun would a roller coaster be if it just went in a straight line.
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Post by p2pfinancenews on Oct 16, 2019 13:07:00 GMT
Thanks!
Really appreciate the feedback everyone - taking these comments on board and looking into developing new products.
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