Peter Renton is the founder of Lend Academy, the leading educational resource for the P2P/marketplace lending industry. His blog is the most widely read website about marketplace lending and through his writing, podcast and videos he has helped tens of thousands of people understand this new asset class. He is considered one of the world’s leading experts on marketplace lending and speaks regularly on the topic at industry conferences. He is the co-founder of the LendIt Conference, the world’s first and largest conference series dedicated to the online lending and Fintech industries. LendIt conducts three conferences a year: in the USA, Europe and China. He is also a co-founder at NSR Invest, an investment and analytics platform that provides access to P2P marketplaces for financial advisors, institutional investors, and individuals. Peter Renton has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The New York Times, CNBC, CNN, Fortune, NPR, Fox Business News, the Financial Times and dozens of finance blogs and smaller publications.