Found this interesting paper written by Prof. Dr. Udo Reifner on regulation of micro loans in Europe. Written (2000) well before the advent of p2p lending over the internet, it compares regulation for micro loans in 7 European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, UK). It is one of the best sources that is publicly available, that I have seen so far.
4 month after the launch, Dutch p2p lending service boober.nl is approaching a total volume of 1 million Euro funded loans (chart shows development of loan volume since launch).
In comparision, German p2p lending service Smava.de, launched only 8 weeks after Boober is growing much slower. Currently it reached approx. 150000 Euro loan volume. Look forward for a post on the development of Smava in the near future.
Boober plans to launch in Belgium as next country. While not started yet, the domain boober.be is already up, saying "beta".
Springwise reports that Boober.nl has plans to expand its p2p lending service into the German and Belgian markets. In job ads Boober recently searched country directors for Germany, France and Spain and said it is already working on roll out in Belgium.
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