Loans that bypass the bank

BLender is working to shatter the banking monopoly when it comes to small loans. Are its founders joining a wave in protest of banks? They say no: “Our product is Zionist; it can help to improve life in Israel—and prevent people from leaving the country.” Read more.

BLender CEO and founder: our expenses are constantly changing, but our revenue is fixed. Listen to the program.

Bypassing the banks: peer-to-peer lending

A new online platform connects borrowers and lenders…

Peer-to-peer lending: Bypassing the banks

Giora Offer is very familiar with the banking system: he was part of Discount Bank’s top management, and he knows just how much banks earn at the expense of the small, individual customer. Maybe that’s why he’s launching a new peer-to-peer lending venture, which joins other similar initiatives in Israel and around the world. Read more.

Sign here using Facebook // A new online lending platform seeks to compete with banks

A new venture launched by the Aviv family and Giora Ofer “bypasses” banks to connect borrowers and lenders for loans of up to NIS 30,000. Borrowers are screened quickly using a photo of their paystub and access to their Facebook profile. Read more.

There’s no reason to put up with absurd fees and crazy interest rates

There’s a growing market in the financial industry: social lending—loans that are transferred directly between people online, bypassing the bank entirely. Read more.

Giving the banks a run for their money? A new site for social lending is launched

Will they succeed in giving the banks a run for their money? A group of entrepreneurs launched a new venture called BLENDER to create a platform for peer-to-peer lending. It connects people who want to lend money and those who want to borrow, all while minimizing brokerage fees. Read more.

A New Social Lending Initiative for Private Customers

Leaders in Israel’s business community have joined forces to launch a new peer-to-peer lending iniatiative called BLender. Doron Aviv, chairman of Aviv Group, serves as the company’s chairman, and Giora Ofer, former CEO of Discount Bank and one of the owners of the Keren Lahav investment fund is a member of the Board of Directors. Read more.

BLENDER: A New Player in Social Lending

There’s a new online platform that brings together individuals who want to earn higher interest on their liquid money and those looking for quick and easy loans with better terms than those offered by traditional financial institutions. It’s called P2P (peer-to-peer) lending. Read more.

A new social tool

There’s a new player on the social lending field—today real estate developer Doron Aviv and former CEO of Discount Bank Giora Ofer launched a peer-to-peer lending fund, BLender. It’s anonymous, and the lender’s information is stored securely online…