UK peer-to-peer lender Zopa raises £60 million ahead of bank launch

LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's largest peer-to-peer lenders, Zopa, said on Thursday it had raised 60 million pounds from investors, its biggest funding round so far and the last before it becomes a fully fledged bank. Zopa, which helped pioneer peer-to-peer lending in Britain, said in August the funding call, its eighth so far, had raised 44 million pounds. Since then, it has attracted an additional 16 million pounds in investment and the fundraising has now closed. "This new funding..