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How Much Debt is Too Much?

The average American is currently carrying at least some form of debt, even if it is small. We live in a society where overspending is common and credit card debt has become a right of passage. In many cases, you need to be in debt in order to start building your credit history. Without this, [...]

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The Difference Between Good Debt and Bad Debt

When you see the word debt, undoubtedly the first thing that pops into your mind is a credit car bill or a car payment. For many, debt means a mortgage or other high dollar expenditures. However, there are two main forms of debt and they are very different from one another. You cannot paint them [...]

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Do You Need an Accountant?

The average person usually tries to struggle with their finances year after year and only visits an accountant a few days before their taxes are due. By this point, it’s up to the accountant to try to piece everything together and they won’t be able to offer much help when it comes to managing your [...]

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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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Prosper.com Roundup - Small Business and the Economic Crisis

Hello and good morning to all our readers. Welcome to another edition of the Prosper Roundup. We have lots in store for you today, including a large section for our small business entrepreneurs and for those looking to create their own start-up during this economic situation. Drop us a line when you’re through to tell [...]

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Prosper Weekly Roundup

Prosper roundup gets switched around! Easy to read categories are going to be our new way of organizing the roundup.
Categories may change from week to week, but overall the feel of the roundup will be the same. 
Business Loans:
• SFGate posts an article this last Sunday on how right now it’s a hard time to get new [...]

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Fynanz improves borrower vetting

Fynanz made several improvements in the vetting process for new borrowers including the following changes:School certification is obtained directly from a borrower’s school (or a borrower has to provide a school transcript and tuition bill) to verify…

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Green Note Review

P2P student loans have exploded onto the scene this past year, due in a large part to a lack of availability of traditional loans. There has never been a better time for a p2p site to start offering student loan assistance, and Green Note is one of the newest entrants into the marketplace.
The concept [...]

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Tips for Paying Off Student Loans

Right now, the student loan industry is going through one of its worst periods in decades. New Federal regulations have forced many banks to stop offering student loans, and students are being forced to either find a direct loan or start paying back what they owe. Enrollment figures are being affected dramatically and right now, [...]

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Community Lend Review

CommunityLend.com is still in their beta phase, and has yet to fully launch yet, but they do have some interesting features that are already obvious. Like most p2p lending sites, they are striving to create an alternative to traditional bank loans, but they are also trying to take that to the next level by developing [...]

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Fynanz Review

This year, it has never been more difficult to get a student loan, thanks to new federal regulations. Hundreds of lenders announced that they would no longer be taking part in federal loan programs and schools are struggling to try to offer loans directly to students. This opened up a huge marketplace in the p2p [...]

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Prosper Roundup

The personal finance blogosphere was packed with great articles this week… Here are a few of our favorites…
GenX Finance details the Top 12 Money Mistakes Most People Make and special congratulations to GenX Finance for being named by PC Magazine to the Top 15 Websites for Managing (and Saving) Money
 
RateLadder updates 1 Month Late or [...]

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Finance 101: Good Debt vs. Bad Debt

I’m amazed by the number of people who seem to be against debt. Debt has become has a problem in America, but I think too many people clump the good with the bad. To the people that don’t like debt, would you take a million dollar loan at 1% interest? I would. I’d immediately put it in a few interest baring accounts that are FDIC insured (I say a few because FDIC insurance doesn’t cover a whole million). At today’s rates, which are historically pretty low, you can make a guaranteed 3% on that money. [...]

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Student Loans: It Takes a Village

As Chief Marketing Officer at Upromise from 2002 - 2004, I had the good fortune to meet Michael Bronner, who founded the company, and to work with Senator Bill Bradley, who sat on the Board of Directors.  Both shared my passionate belief in the right to a college education and saw the impending shortfall in [...]

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Fynanz…zzzz! Anybody home?

I spent some time roaming the latest entry into P2P called Fynanz, which specializes in student loans. Not much going on there at the moment. I saw two loan listings, one of which was a ‘faker’ for testing purposes. Loans are done off of current LIBOR rates and adjusted accordingly. Info found here. One big [...]

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Fynanz and Simple Tuition featured by Boston Globe

The Boston Globe takes a sharp look at the student loan industry and especially the peer to peer market in today’s article Student loan confusion opens market niche.In addition to Fynanz and Virgin Money, the Boston Globe talks to Kevin Walker, co-foun…

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American Banker: Fynanz Seeks to Fill Void in Student Lending

American Banker has featured the new p2p student loan lender Fynanz in a recent article (login required). Here are the highlights:…The New York company began facilitating private educational loans in two states last month and now offers them in seve…

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Fynanz off to a slow start

Dano34, an international student attending Queens College in New York, may soon become the first person to obtain a peer to peer student loan through Fynanz. Fynanz opened their doors to borrowers and lenders one month ago.In this initial launch phase,…

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Fynanz becomes the first P2P student loan marketplace

This week Fynanz became the first peer to peer lending company to specifically target the student loan market. Fynanz allows family, friends, alumni or just about any American with $50 to help students meet education expenses such as tuition, books, ro…

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Fynanz to tackle peer to peer student loan niche

Chirag Chaman left his position as CEO of KobeMail a year ago to build Fynanz, a peer to peer lending site for student loans. Fynanz describes their service as “an innovative marketplace where students can get one of the most competitive rates on priva…

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