The Complete Idiot's Guide to Person-to-Person Lending

Beverly Harzog · Curtis E. Arnold

abr. del 2009 · Venut per Penguin

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Forget credit card companies—make it personal!

The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Person–to–Person Lending fills readers in on what they need to know, such as how person–to–person lending works, who lends and who borrows, and the advantages and disadvantages of Virgin Money, Prosper, Zopa, and Facebook's Lending Club.

• Loans on Prosper and LendingClub rose to $100 million in 2007; by 2010, the online banking report forecasts $1 billion in person–to–person loan originations
• Javelin Strategy & Research (Dec. 2007) predicts that the demand for person–to–person lending services may grow from $38 billion to $159 billion over the next five years.

Sobre l'autor

Curtis E. Arnold has been educating consumers about credit cards since 1998, and is the author of How You Can Profit from Credit Cards. Curtis is regularly interviewed by the national press regarding consumer credit issues and serves on the advisory board for the Center for Consumer Financial Services. He is also the co-chair of the Arkansas chapter of the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.

Beverly Harzog is a consumer credit expert and bestselling author. Her articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, ABCNews.com, ClarkHoward.com, CNNMoney.com, and MSNMoney.com. Her expert advice has been featured in numerous media outlets, including television, radio, print, and websites.