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Prosper Receives SEC Approval; Does P to P Lending Work?
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

Prosper, a PtoP lender that was forced to stop operations 9 months ago by the SEC, finally received approval to begin operations again. The real question though is about the viability of PtoP...

Article | Jul 15, 2009 | Views: 160 | Comments: 2
Tags: lending, prosper, peer to peer, virgin money

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As Prosper Gets The Green Light, A Comeback For Peer-to-Peer Lenders?
Submitted by ktexas  (blogs.wsj.com)

As banks clamp down on consumers' ability to get credit, alternative credit sources could be getting a boost. On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission gave its blessing for Prosper.com...

Article | Jul 14, 2009 | Views: 102 | Comments: 0 
Tags: lending, prosper, investments, credit, investing, personal finance, sec, loans, securities, peer to peer lending

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Is Peer To Peer Lending Coming Into Its Own/
Submitted by KyleAAA  (amateurassetallocator.com)

Has peer to peer lending finally become a legitimate asset class in its own right?

Article | Dec 31, 2008 | Views: 95 | Comments: 0 
Tags: lending, prosper, social, peer, club

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Why Credit Worthy Businesses Can't Get Loans
Submitted by Sam Cass  (executivesuite.blogs.nytimes.com)

There has been a lot of discussion in the process about why solid, credit worthy businesses can't get loans or financing from banks. The article below explains why. Most of the large banks have...

Article | Dec 20, 2008 | Views: 144 | Comments: 0 
Tags: lending, banks, ltv, loan to value

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Open Letter to SEC: Leave Peer-to-Peer Lending Alone
Submitted by ktexas  (www.netbanker.com)

Currently, we have just a single company, Lending Club, in operation, but they were crippled much of the year by a dark period as they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars meeting SEC...

Article | Dec 18, 2008 | Views: 168 | Comments: 0 
Tags: lending, credit, investing, personal finance, loans, peer to peer lending

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New options for students in need of financing
Submitted by ktexas  (clarkhoward.com)

For months, Clark has been telling you about the student loan market collapse and the troubles it has caused for students and parents alike. The tightening of lending has made it particularly hard...

Article | Dec 15, 2008 | Views: 152 | Comments: 0 
Tags: lending, debt, personal finance, loans, student loans

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Interview with Kevin Walker from SimpleTuition on How the Credit Crunch is Impacting Student Lending
Submitted by Sol Nasisi  (bestcashcow.com)

On April 23, I interviewed Kevin Walker, the Founder and CEO of SimpleTuition.com, a website that helps students and families navigate the complex world of student loans. We discussed how the...

Audio | Apr 24, 2008 | Views: 793 | Comments: 1
Tags: lending, student loans, college lending, simple tuition, kevin walker, student, student lending credit crunch, student lending credit crisis, getting student loan

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Fed Expands Securities Lending - Markets Shoot Up
Submitted by finblogger  (www.money-rx.com)

In a move co-ordinated with three European central banks and the Bank of Canada, the Federal Reserve expanded its securities lending to enable bond dealers to brrow upto $200 billion of treasurys...

Article | Mar 11, 2008 | Views: 245 | Comments: 0 
Tags: mortgage, lending, fed, banks, securities, federal, reserve, central, backed

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Can you Prosper at Prosper.com?
Submitted by bankinvestor  (bestcashcow.com)

The site prosper.com provides investors (lenders) and entrepreneurs (borrowers) a marketplace to be matched. By eliminating the banks or lending company from the equation a lot of fees are reduced...

Article | Jan 11, 2008 | Views: 520 | Comments: 2
Tags: lending, prosper, com, social, borrowing

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How S&P and Moody's Goofed on Calculating Sub-prime Ratings
Submitted by Sam Cass  (www.businessweek.com)

S&P and Moody's those venerable rating institutions totally missed the coming storm on the sub-prime market. Until June sub-prime bonds were rated AAA. Most are now junk. So much for the experts.

Article | Sep 26, 2007 | Views: 479 | Comments: 0 
Tags: lending, bonds, subprime, moodys

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Massachusetts to Refinance Troubled Mortgages
Submitted by LikeItIs  (www.boston.com)

It's starting in Massachusetts but watch out, it will be coming to a city near you. Big bailouts of borrowers to overextended themselves. I should have done the same to get a government hand-out....

Article | Jul 11, 2007 | Views: 322 | Comments: 2 
Tags: lending, mortgages, mortgage defaults

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Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the Acumen Fund
Submitted by BusinessSpotlight  (www.gsb.stanford.edu)

Jacqueline Novogratz, Stanford MBA '91 has combined her business experience with a desire to help the poor in developing countries. The Acumen Fund provides loans to businesses that sell products...

Article | Jul 5, 2007 | Views: 261 | Comments: 3 
Tags: lending, jacqueline novogratz, acumen fund, acumen

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Social lending the next Web 2.0 phenomenon - Part I
Submitted by PhilR  (www.centernetworks.com)

Good summary of the social lending, or P2P lending market. In it, site's enable users to lend to each other, bypassing banks altogether. It's nascent but has potential.

Article | Jun 20, 2007 | Views: 379 | Comments: 2 
Tags: lending, social lending, p lending



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