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Peer to Peer Lending – Discretionary Investing

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Peer to peer lending is often considered riskier than other forms of investment. Looking at peer to peer lending sites like Lending Club, they state the risk of investment is at your own risk and if you are not able to loss your money don’t invest. This is stated on their prospectus [...]

What is Peer to Peer Lending?

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If you have heard the term peer to peer lending or social lending or have never heard it before, the process is growing in popularity day by day. It definition is implicit in the name peer to peer lending and it is the process of individuals lending money to each other.
It is [...]

Peer 2 Peer Lending – Cutting Out The Middle Man

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In the past getting a loan used to be a pretty intimidating process, getting dressed in your Sunday best, looking your best and venturing into town to the bank for a date with the Bank Manager. Once there you used to have to throw yourself at the mercy of [...]

Peer to Peer Lending – How Interest Rates Are Set by Lending Club

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With any investment or loan there needs to be an interest rate charged. Lending Club uses a formula that takes into account several factors, but it really begins with the assigning of a loan grade.
The first step in getting any peer to peer loan on Lending Club is borrowers must apply for [...]