Zopa Still Coming to the US

Just got email from Zopa saying they are coming to the US – with a national rollout. Originally they said they were going to launch in California and expand. Now they are going broad from the start, as also reported here.

I saw the Zopa interface last summer and it looked very interesting – a lot more financially technical than the Prosper interface. As an active Prosper lender, I’m interested to see how Zopa’s US offering compares.

The email itself started out as follows:

“The pace is really picking up for launching Zopa here in the U.S., and not just because our new CEO rides a motorcycle… Douglas Dolton, our brand new, San Francisco-based, Global CEO.”

Zopa is funded by Benchmark Europe, while Prosper is funded by Benchmark US, as described in this alarm clock post from last spring.