News·May. 19, 2011Prosper Raises Borrower Interest Rates by 1.29%It has been a busy six months for the risk management people at Prosper. In December they moved away from... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Oct. 10, 2011Prosper Adjusts Interest Rates on Repeat BorrowersRegular readers of this blog will know how much I like the repeat borrower segment of p2p lending. Only officially... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Oct. 24, 2011How Much Money Should You Borrow at Lending Club?Most borrowers, when applying for a loan on Lending Club, don’t give much thought to their loan amount. They have... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Nov. 7, 2011How Lending Club and Prosper Set Interest RatesWhen borrowers apply for a loan at Lending Club or Prosper there are probably two main things they want to... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·May. 3, 2012This Financial Advisor is Very Bullish About P2P LendingBrendan Ross is one of the few financial advisors who gets p2p lending. He is the principal of Ross Asset... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Sep. 26, 2011Revolving Credit Card Debt Down But Interest Rates Now at Record LevelsThere was good news last week for the nation’s credit card holders. The total revolving consumer credit card debt continues... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Oct. 17, 2011How a 12% P2P Investment Can Become a 6.5% ReturnAs every p2p investor should know each month we receive principal plus interest on the notes in our Lending Club... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Oct. 26, 2011Banks Don’t Want Any More DepositsI noticed this article in the New York Times yesterday. The gist of it was that banks literally have too... Read Full Story
News Roundup·Dec. 29, 2011Lending Club Waiving Service Fees on Large Loans[Update Feb 6, 2012: this promotion is now over. Lending Club will, of course, honor loans still on the platform... Read Full Story
Peer to Peer Lending·Apr. 17, 2013Taking Stock of the Recent Changes at ProsperIt has been nearly three months now since the new executive team took over at Prosper and the changes keep... Read Full Story