To facilitate loans between students and either Good Samaritan friends and relatives, or strangers intent on investing in alternatives to stocks, bonds, and certificates of deposit.

Borrowers, lenders see alternative to banks in person-to-person loans
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Connecting College Students and Alums in Peer-to-Peer Lending
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Peer Lenders: A Last Resort for Student Loans
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Peer-to-Peer Sites Offer College Loans
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People Capital; Peer-to-Peer Lending for Student Loans
People Capital – Peer-to-Peer Lending for Student Loans September 8th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under • by admin During the financial crisis, college students found that it was almost imposs