Peer To Peer

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    Where you can earn over 6% on your savings

    Peer-to-peer lending has never been so popular. According to figures from the trade body the Peer 2 Peer Finance Association, 2015 saw record growth for the sector with more than ยฃ2.2 billion lent across the 12 months. The number of people

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    Does peer-to-peer lending have a place in your portfolio

    Peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders have been offering savers a superior return to cash for over a decade without fully breaking into the mainstream. They have "loaned" around ยฃ2bn in the last 12 months, but this nevertheless remains a drop in

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    Peer to peer lending explained

    On the face of it, peer to peer lending is a no-brainer for savers and borrowers. If you have savings you are able to lend to other people, you could make double the returns of a competitive savings account. Meanwhile if you want to borrow, you

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    Is this the safest peer-to-peer website?

    A new peer-to-peer lender has entered the market, promising an unprecedented level of safety for lenders' money. But does that security come at a price? A new peer-to-peer lender, Lending Works, has launched. And it claims to go further in

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    Zopa launches 5% promise for savers

    The peer-to-peer platform is guaranteeing to pay a fixed return to investors, even if it means taking the money from its own pocket. Zopa has launched a new Rate Promise for

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    Five ways to invest in businesses

    With banks still reluctant to lend to businesses, peer-to-peer and crowdfunding websites have become lifelines for firms in need of capital. These websites operate as online marketplaces where ordinary people can invest directly in companies

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    TrustBuddy: peer-to-peer lender offering 12% returns opens up to UK investors

    Stockholm-based peer-to-peer platform TrustBuddy is now open to UK investors. Since 2010 the Swedish company has been facilitating short-term peer-to-peer loans in Europe, and claims to have bagged investors an average return of 12% a