Make space for the anti-Space Invaders

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Make space for the anti-Space Invaders

As traditional consumer lenders are being squeezed by increased regulatory costs and operational inefficiencies, disruptive start-ups — many of them on the US West Coast — are taking their place. The marketplace lending movement and its technology-first attitude is poised to spread through the financial sector like wildfire. Will Caiger-Smith reports.

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