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Peer-to-peer lending has become the hottest industries in fintech. And it has reached our shores. Today we have Nikki Kinloch, CEO at SimplyGiving.com, a social crowdfunding platform that has worked with 550 nonprofit partners and social enterprises in 20 countries across Asia. We look at the global fundraising trend and if Malaysia is ready for micro financing and social lending.

Monsy Siew, the Executive Director of People, Performance and Culture at KPMG joins us-  she's got over 10 years of experience in corporate HR and is here to share some of her experience and insights in managing talent for an organization of over 2000 people. 

The internet economy is alive and kicking and the future looks good for people looking for alternative ways of making money that is beyond the standard employment contract. Grab and Uber are the most popular ride-sharing apps which offer an option for stable incomes for driver.

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- Theresa's May-den speech is a call to a just, equitable Britain

- Oil price pressures are well-ing up

The Morning Run crew gives you their take on today's business headlines:

- Malaysia's benchmark interest rate drops to 3%

- Senawang shopping might take Aeons to materialise

- Government cracks down on MLM

- Selling Sarawak: Adenan's vision

- The new jewel of Singapore's dining scene

Not sure what to devour for lunch? Check out Food Advisor.my, a comprehensive and remarkably user-friendly guide to the best dishes at your nearest locations. Kenny Hew, the man behind the delicious online domain, steps into the studio to speak about the people who review the food, how he sources for information, and how Food Advisor has grown into a well-trusted portal for the local foodies.  

The young soprano, Florence Chong,  takes time during her holidays from formal training in an institution abroad to showcase what she has learned and is learning.  She talks about being in an environment where she can immerse herself in the language of music and hear live music.

The photographer-and-artist, takes us on a journey looking at what performers wear on their heads. And he talks about an exhibition of his works in  ‘The Crowning Glory’, where he pictures himself  decorated with the theatrical headgears of therukothu, Chinese Operas, makyong, menora and Javanese dancers and the glorious crowns of different nations and nationalities.

As the international community gradually come to terms with the economical and political consequences of Britain choosing to leave the European Union, we ask sports lawyers Richard Wee and Lesley Lim about how Brexit will affect the English Premier League, the most successful football league in the world in terms of viewership and revenue.