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Sizing up the Asia Pacific’s booming alternative finance sector

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imagePeer-to-peer lending is growing in China and the rest of the Asia-Pacific.Wong Campion/Reuters

If digital disruptors like crowd-sourced equity funding and peer-to-peer lending platforms are going to transform the finance sector, they need to be regulated. If they are going to create permanent positive change, they need to be regulated intelligently....

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