Comments on: Sub-prime crisis | Back to basics, and the promise of social lending http://thebankwatch.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/ Tracking the evolution of financial services Sat, 26 May 2012 18:05:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris http://thebankwatch.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/#comment-26653 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:16:55 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/#comment-26653 See also http://www.buzzlending.com in France where social lending start to take off.
Best regards
Chris

]]> By: Transparency and authenticity have been lacking in consumer credit « CommunityLend blog http://thebankwatch.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/#comment-26034 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:57:02 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/#comment-26034 [...] CNN:  How to prevent the next Wall Street crisis The new “innovations” simply hid the extent of systemic leverage and made the risks less transparent; it is these innovations that have made this collapse so much more dramatic than earlier financial crises. But one needs to push further: Why did the Fed fail? He is referring to the distance between the ultimate borrower (sub prime mortgage in hometown America) and the ultimate lender (perhaps a Bank in Switzerland or UK).  More on that here. [...]

]]> By: P2P Lending | web 2.0 meets reality « CommunityLend http://thebankwatch.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/#comment-25302 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:44:15 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/#comment-25302 [...] own take, that I have written about, is that the technical mechanics of interbank investments (Asset Backed Commercial Paper, [...]

]]> By: Prosper trends towards average borrowers, and sets itself up for stepped up growth « The Bankwatch http://thebankwatch.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/#comment-19529 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:29:31 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/sub-prime-crisis-back-to-basics-and-the-promise-of-social-lending/#comment-19529 [...] November 13th, 2007 · No Comments The trends within Prosper are interesting since the sub-prime crisis hit.  Two things stand out that show promise to bear out earlier predictions: [...]

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