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Totals lent to date (3rd March 2016)

Last post: Mar 4, 2016

Ratesetter cause controversy admitting to using part of its Provision Fund to provide liquidity in their loan market – a decision now reversed… The Secret Investor moves his monthly deposit into a Cash ISA to deploy via an IFISA after 6th April… Bridging loans cause rapid growth at FundingSecure.

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The Secret Investor Ponders His Innovative Finance ISA Strategy

Last post: Feb 24, 2016

It was with some disappointment that the Secret Investor discovered that the HMRC were not going to allow existing funds that had been invested in P2P Lending to be transferred into Innovative Finance ISAs (IFISAs).

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Totals lent to date (18th February 2016)

Last post: Feb 19, 2016

Zopa plan to offer products with higher risks/returns to their retail customers… ArchOver have listed what they believe to be the largest non-property backed P2P loan on any platform…LendingCrowd are also setting records, with the listing of their biggest ever loan.

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Totals lent to date (4th February 2016)

Last post: Feb 11, 2016

Assetz Capital are set to boom in 2016 with £6.6 million worth of capital handed over to borrowers in the past fortnight. They also have a strong pipeline of loans… Meanwhile FundingCircle continue to go from strength to strength, lending £30 million in the last couple of weeks.

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Totals lent to date (21st January 2016)

Last post: Jan 22, 2016

Ratesetter join the £1 Billion lent club… they claim to have reached that level faster than any other P2P Lending site… a glut of defaults for The Secret Investor gives him the January Blues.

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Totals lent to date (7th January 2016)

Last post: Jan 8, 2016

Leaders from the P2P arena are recognised in the New Year’s Honours List… FundingSecure sets new records and finds funding for their first £1 million+ loan… The Secret Investor looks to InvestUP to further diversify his portfolio.

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