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A Record Month for Both Lending Club and Prosper

April 30, 2013

What a great month for the two leading p2p lenders. Combined they issued $160.4 million in new loans. This is a staggering 199% more than the total both companies issued in April 2012. We are used to seeing these record months from Lending Club but April was a huge month for Prosper as well. They [...]

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The LendIt Conference is Filling Up

April 29, 2013

Another shameless plug for the LendIt Conference today. As regular readers know we sold out our 50 early bird slots in less than a week. Now, the last of the discounted tickets have almost gone. If you are on the fence about whether to attend you should book now. As of this writing we have [...]

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Peer to Peer Lending News Roundup – April 27, 2013

April 27, 2013

During the week I share the latest p2p lending news on Twitter as it happens. Then every Saturday I take the most interesting news items and blog posts from the past week and share them here. The future of banking – and why it won’t be determined by banks from Smallbusiness.co.uk – A look at alternative financing in [...]

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What Will Happen To Returns When Interest Rates Rise?

April 26, 2013

In a few months it will be five years since the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates to zero. I don’t think anyone could have predicted rates would be this low for so long. While the stock market has been hitting new highs recently the rates for fixed income investments have remained at historic lows. People [...]

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P2P-Picks Brings Hedge Fund Style Loan Picking to Small Investors

April 23, 2013

Hedge Funds have many advantages over individual p2p investors. One of them is that they have Ph. D level statistics gurus combing through the loan history of Lending Club and Prosper in order to develop sophisticated investment models. Enter Bryce Mason. He has a passion for statistics and p2p lending. So, he has spent hundreds [...]

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Peer to Peer Lending News Roundup – April 20, 2013

April 20, 2013

During the week I share the latest p2p lending news on Twitter as it happens. Then every Saturday I take the most interesting news items and blog posts from the past week and share them here. Peer To Peer Lending Is Not Going To Replace Banks from Forbes – This writer’s definition of a bank is an organization [...]

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Taking Stock of the Recent Changes at Prosper

April 17, 2013

It has been nearly three months now since the new executive team took over at Prosper and the changes keep coming. We all know about the new look they launched two weeks ago but there have been plenty of other recent changes as well. Here is a quick summary of some of the major changes [...]

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Peer to Peer Lending News Roundup – April 13, 2013

April 13, 2013

During the week I share the latest p2p lending news on Twitter as it happens. Then every Saturday I take the most interesting news items and blog posts from the past week and share them here. Lending Club Borrower’s Income Verification, Loan Issued Year, and Initial List Status from Random Thoughts – Lending Club is verifying income on [...]

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My Quarterly P2P Lending Results – Q1 2013

April 11, 2013

The main reason most investors have taken the plunge with peer to peer lending is for the excellent returns. For this reason every quarter I post the details of my own returns for all my accounts at Lending Club and Prosper. You can see my historical returns here. There are a few points you need [...]

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LendIt Conference Early Bird Slots Almost Full

April 9, 2013

A real quick one today. I wanted to give everyone a heads up that registrations for the LendIt Conference are coming in fast. As of right now we are at 38 registered attendees. The Early Bird pricing is discounted $200 but we only have 50 spots total at that price. So, that means there are 12 spots [...]

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