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5 Best Practices for Peer-to-Peer Lending

5 Best Practices for Peer-to-Peer Lending | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Photo by Crystal under a Creative Commons license from Flickr Social lending, also known as peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, has been in practice for countless generations, but it has recently taken on renewed significance in the sharing economy.
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Peer-To-Peer Lending is Dead: Jonathan McMillan visits LendIt

Peer-To-Peer Lending is Dead: Jonathan McMillan visits LendIt | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
As strong advocates of peer-to-peer lending, we were excited to hear about LendIt. But the conference on alternative finance turned out to be a sobering experience.
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Open-Source P2P Currency Exchange CurrencyFair Secures €8 Million

Open-Source P2P Currency Exchange CurrencyFair Secures €8 Million | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

CurrencyFair, an open-source, P2p, international currency exchange with offices in the U.K., Ireland and Australia, has raised an additional €8 million.

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6 Ways Peer Lending Can Boost Your Wallet

6 Ways Peer Lending Can Boost Your Wallet | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Alternative finance is a seriously hot topic right now.

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ASIC issues guidance to peer-to-peer lenders

ASIC issues guidance to peer-to-peer lenders | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

ASIC has warned the peer-to-peer lending sector that it won't be allowed to make an Uber-like sidestep of the existing rules.

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Real Estate Related Crowdfunding & P2P Lending Surge in China: Opportunity or Crisis?  - Crowdfund Insider

Real Estate Related Crowdfunding & P2P Lending Surge in China: Opportunity or Crisis?  - Crowdfund Insider | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The property prices in China’s major cities has surged in recent months, first in Shenzhen, then Shanghai and Beijing. The rapid appreciation of property i

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Will Big P2P Lenders Be Regulated in Time for the Innovative Finance ISA? - Crowdfund Insider

Will Big P2P Lenders Be Regulated in Time for the Innovative Finance ISA? - Crowdfund Insider | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The forthcoming Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) launches on April 6, 2016.  This new savings vehicle is expected to drive value for both investors and peer

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Why Peer to Peer Lending Through IndiaMoneyMart?

In today's economic scenario Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending is one of most unique and groundbreaking financial product of this era. We provides such a platform w...

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Zopa to launch three new products

Zopa to launch three new products | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Peer-to-peer pioneer Zopa will launch a new range of lending products in mid-March ahead of the new Innovative Finance ISA.

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P2P lending offers investors 10pc returns

P2P lending offers investors 10pc returns | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Peer to peer lenders are promising sophisticated investors returns of up to 10 per cent a year; almost three times an average term deposit.
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Why P2P lending is about to become the next big thing - Spear’s

Why P2P lending is about to become the next big thing - Spear’s | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Peer-to-peer lending (P2P) has experienced astonishing growth in the UK since its inception a decade ago, but it is only over the last eighteen months that it has changed course from...
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Investors Beware: Summers praised Marketplace Lending

Investors Beware: Summers praised Marketplace Lending | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
If Larry Summers speaks about marketplace lending, it is advisable to listen. For reasons he would not like to hear.
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SocietyOne; Disrupting Banks and Increasing Returns to Investors |

SocietyOne; Disrupting Banks and Increasing Returns to Investors | | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is unlocking one of the most profitable asset classes for investors. This article reveals how with SocietyOne.
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As Lending Club Stumbles, Its Entire Industry Faces Skepticism

As Lending Club Stumbles, Its Entire Industry Faces Skepticism | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
As a wider reckoning sweeps Silicon Valley, investors and analysts are taking a more searching look at the peer-to-peer lending model.
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The Role of P2P lending in the UK economy - Centre for Policy Studies

The Role of P2P lending in the UK economy - Centre for Policy Studies | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The Role of P2P lending in the UK economy

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Major P2P providers unauthorised to offer Innovative Finance ISA a week before launch date - Your Money

Major P2P providers unauthorised to offer Innovative Finance ISA a week before launch date - Your Money | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

If you’re hoping to open a new Innovative Finance ISA– set to launch next week - with one of the major peer-to-peer lending platforms, you may not be able to as several big names are currently unauthorised to offer the products.

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P2P loans should be refers to usury platform letter

P2p loans have to be the case refers in consideration of illegitimate business tenets special handling: pREZOTQYK https://t.co/oYsKC1SFf8

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The rise of peer-to-peer lending - Independent.ie

The rise of peer-to-peer lending - Independent.ie | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Peer-to-peer lending is a relatively new concept in Ireland but in just a few years it’s expanding to provide finance to thousands of Irish SMEs worth millions in the process.

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China to crack down on P2P lenders giving home loans

China to crack down on P2P lenders giving home loans | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Chinese authorities are seeking to crack down on a surge of unregulated lending that is pushing up property prices, reports the Financial Times.

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Does peer-to-peer lending offer the best savings rates of 2016? - Blog

Does peer-to-peer lending offer the best savings rates of 2016? - Blog | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Comparing peer-to-peer products to bank savings accounts.

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Zopa aims for enough growth to stop explaining its name

Zopa aims for enough growth to stop explaining its name | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
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The State Of P2P Lending

The State Of P2P Lending | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
P2P lending became one of the hottest industries in fintech -- or any other any industry -- in 2015. Companies raised large venture rounds, investors found..
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China's online P2P lending almost quadrupled in 2015: report

China's online P2P lending almost quadrupled in 2015: report | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
LENDING transactions via China's peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms reached 982.3 billion yuan (about US$151 bln) in 2015, up 288.6 percent from 252.8 billion yuan in 2014, an Internet financial services web
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Not Disrupting, Building - Crowdfunding and P2P Lending Will be an Integral Part of new Financial Systems in Developing Economies | Nesta

This blog explores how Crowdfunding and P2P lending could become an integral part of new financial systems in developing economies
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Payday loan charges cap announced

Payday loan charges cap announced | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A cap on the amount that payday lenders can charge their customers has been announced by the City regulator.
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