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Social Lending Q1 Update: Prosper and Lending Club Combine For Over $30 Million in Loans
by Allen Stern on April 3rd, 2008
We’ve written about social lending several times before including our 3-part series looking at Zopa, Prosper and LendingClub. Jim Bruene at NetBanker has put together a good financial analysis of the social lending scene for the first quarter of 2008. LendingClub and Prosper share their loan information while Zopa does not.
From Jim’s analysis, "In Q1, Prosper and Lending Club combined for more than $30 million in originations, up $10.7 million (55%) compared to about $20 million in Q1 2007." Jim goes on to note that for the lower risk loans, LendingClub actually passed Prosper in total volume.
If the economy continues to sour, my guess is that loan applications at Zopa, Prosper and LendingClub will increase dramatically.
