Comments on: “Credit crisis has given social lending a friendly pat on the back” | Economist http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/ Tracking the evolution of financial institutions Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:48:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: WealthBoy http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-24183 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:22:22 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-24183 It’s rather unlikely that peer-to-peer lending will take considerable market share from the banks, but you never know. If it were to happen, I wouldn’t be surprised if the banks somehow try to get in on the trend.

]]> By: First Peer-to-Peer Lending Carnival | Personal Loan Portfolio http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-24145 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:12:57 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-24145 [...] posted why he believes that the credit crisis has pushed peer-to-peer lending forward. He uses an article from the Economist which again quoted the 3% default rate on Prosper [...]

]]> By: Prosper Blog: Prosper, the online marketplace for people-to-people lending » Blog Archive » Prosper Roundup — Prosper Blog Nominated For An Annual Award(?) Edition http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-24100 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:38:43 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-24100 [...] Credit crisis has given social lending a friendly pat on the back? [...]

]]> By: Carnival of Peer-To-Peer Lending #1 http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-23947 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:16:15 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-23947 [...] Colin presents Credit crisis has given social lending a friendly pat on the back? [...]

]]> By: Ben Joseph http://thebankwatch.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-21069 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:36:54 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/credit-crisis-has-given-social-lending-a-friendly-pat-on-the-back-economist/#comment-21069 Pardon the spam, but if you’re interested in social lending you may be interested in this event:

The MIT Club of Northern California is hosting a panel on social lending. We have panelists from Prosper, Lending Club, and Microplace. The event is in the SF bay area on Wednesday, December 5th. Here’s the event link with a more detailed description:

http://www.mitcnc.org/Events_Single.asp?eventID=1365

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