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Funding Circle will become AutoBid only in mid-September… Zopa reduces its forecasted rates of return due to an expected increase in defaults for unsecured consumer loans… The Secret Investor suffers his first loss on the FundingSecure platform.
Funding Circle have announced from Sept 18th investors will no longer be able to select what loans they invest in and must instead cede this decision to an AutoBid system
Having scaled back on wholesale lending, Ratesetter finally make it to the £2 billion lent mark… ThinCats and FundingKnight both get the green light to provide IFISAs after receiving Full Authorisation from the FCA… LendingCrowd offer £150 Cashback
Ratesetter offer fee-free withdrawals having had to intervene with 3 borrowers who provide credit services to the general public… Lending Works offers up to £200 to those with funds to deposit.
Having only listed 1 loan during 2017, FundingKnight are planning a relaunch and rebranding exercise, Crowd2Fund get busy and Funding Circle reverse their decision to default a loan - a first for the Secret Investor!
When is a Default on a P2P loan not a Default?
Jul 9, 2017
How to peer to peer lenders treat defaults? Very differently actually and the astute investor will need to be aware that each platform defines a default differently.
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