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Prosper Marketplace Auctioning Debt

The Baltimore Sun is reporting the Prosper Settlement.
A settlement for $1 million dollars paid to 20 different states was announced today, with Prosper Marketplace agreeing to the payout after complaints poured in claiming that the peer-to-peer lending service was selling securities that were unregistered.
Prosper Marketplace is a business model that matches up those who want [...]

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Where Do Small Businesses Go Now?

Credit and money are still in really tight places, and this is absolutely no secret. What is unknown in the current economy is what small businesses should do and where they should go now. Many small businesses are finding themselves struggling and even drowning in an attempt to overcome the hardships presented to them by [...]

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There is Still Money Available for Lending

There is still money available to be lent out, but in order to get it, people buying homes and businesses must have good credit or plenty of equity. Despite all of the talk surrounding the credit market which is supposedly completely frozen, it is still possible for consumers to pick up big ticket loans all [...]

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Loans and the Credit Crunch

The credit crunch is a hot button issue right now, raising red flags in the eyes of consumers not only all over the United States, but also elsewhere in the world. When the economy in the United States begins to have difficulties, the rest of the world is going to feel the pain as well. [...]

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Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club CEO in the News

Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of Lending Club in California recently spoke with Jackie Hyland from ABC News Money Matters about Lending Club, where borrowers with good credit can obtain personal loans from complete strangers. It was touted as providing a unique and creative way to get a loan that will offer lower interest rates [...]

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