P2P Lending is Not Dead, with Mukesh Bubna (Monexo)

<p>I feel a strange affinity with peer to peer lending. I've never done it myself as a lender, borrower or connector but one of the first projects I ever did in my MBA, some 16 years ago now, was on Zopa and the emergence of the P2P model. But more recently, the headlines have been bearish, with Zopa and Funding Circle - two pillars of the form - both shutting down their retail P2P arms.</p><br><p>As a lending model, P2P felt all but dead.</p><br><p>Except that, as the tide pulled back, one or two gems were still lying on the beach: like <a href="https://www.monexo.co/in/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monexo</a>, the Chennai-based P2P whose founder and CEO, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukeshbubna/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mukesh Bubna</a>, joined me for this chat. Mukesh and his team have turned P2P into an alternative inflation-beating investment option for investors, and an affordable path to credit-building for borrowers.</p><br><p>You can read more about Monexo at <a href="https://www.monexo.co/in/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.monexo.co/in/</a> (and watch some of those videos Mukesh mentioned while you’re there)</p><br><p>Finally, if it is me you're after, you can find me <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on my LinkedIn page</a> (feel free to connect), my action-adventure novels on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0133U3HGC/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_6VS5451P6XEAX61A9G5J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon, some versions even for free</a>, and my work with ConfirmU and our gamified psychometric scores is at <a href="https://confirmu.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://confirmu.com/</a> as well as on episode 24 of this very show <a href="https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/episodes/episode-24" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/episodes/episode-24</a></p><br><p>If you have any feedback or questi