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Can You Lend Money to a Friend and Remain Friends?

Money changes everything! How to not lose your money or your friendship. read more »
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» Investing With Lending Club: Low vs. High Risk Loans

Nickel presents an extensive review of Lending Club complete with many screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Breaks down the difference between[...] read more »
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Lending Club Debuts Five Year Notes

The peer to peer loan marketplace continues to further mature with the debut of longer term notes. read more »
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Social Lending Hits the Big Time

With Lending Club's announcement today of an additional $24 million in funding and nearly $500 million in funded loans, the peer to peer loan market[...] read more »
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Is Social Lending Safe?

Social loans continue to be a bright spot in the consumer credit markets despite high default rates. Are they a smart investment? read more »
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Introduction To Peer-To-Peer Lending: Review And Signing Up To Use Lending Club

Lending Club offers the ability to borrow and invest in what is referred to as peer to peer or p2p lending. It offers an alternate way to get decent [...] read more »
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Prosper Review – Should You Take the Social Lending Plunge?

Prosper.com is a peer to peer lending company. It isn’t a bank but more like a match maker. They take individual people who want to invest and put th[...] read more »
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Prosper Strikes Banks… I mean Back!

We all wonder how social lending would go during an economic crisis while people default on their loan. Would they be able to find people that will s[...] read more »
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P2P Lending Review: Prosper.com

Prosper.com can be a great place to borrow money, or to lend it. Borrowers get competitive rates, while lenders have the chance to earn a return on t[...] read more »
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A Faster Way to Review Lending Club Notes

Looking for a faster way to filter and screen your Lending Club promissory notes? Try downloading the spreadsheet containing the entire database of P[...] read more »
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Four Peer-to-Peer Loan Investor Tips

Social Lending sites are starting to make a comeback with investors. They've cleaned up their act a bit, and here are four solid tips on how to not[...] read more »
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Social Lenders Undercut Bank Interest Rates

Social lending marketplaces continue to offer substantially narrower spreads than bank loans, one of the few positive developments in the consumer cr[...] read more »
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Hungry for High Interest Rates

Like most of the financial markets, social lending has taken a major hit. Still high returns with acceptable risk can still be found. Here's a great guide on how to find them. read more »
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Sick of CDs but Still Scared of Stocks?

With Prosper.com rising from the (nearly) dead, there are now three social lending options. Those 13% interest rates sure look tempting, but... read more »
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Saving the World, One Microloan at a Time

Is it possible to be a do-gooder and make a profit at the same time? The rapid advancement in microloan platforms is making it easy for anyone to be[...] read more »
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