On Wednesday, May13, 2015, at 11:00 A.M., the Committee on Small Business held a hearing titled, ​ ​Bridging the Small Business Capital Gap: Peer-to-Peer Lending. The hearing was held in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. 

The purpose of the hearing was to examine the rise of peer-to-peer lending platforms that seek to satisfy that seek the demand for debt capital that is currently not being met by banks and other conventional lenders. 

Opening Statement:

Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH)

• Opening Statement

Witnesses and Testimony:

Professor. Rajkamal Iyer, Associate Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA

• Witness Testimony
• Witness Disclosure

 

Mr. Sam Hodges, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Funding Circle San Francisco, CA

• Witness Testimony
• Witness Disclosure

 

Mr. Zachary L. Green, CEO/Founder, MN8 Foxfire, Cincinnati, OH

• Witness Testimony
• Witness Disclosure

 

Mr. Peter Renton, Publisher, Lend Academy, Denver, CO

• Witness Testimony
• Witness Disclosure

 

       

 Additional Items:

• ​Hearing Notice
• Witness List
• Hearing Memo