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Peer to Peer Lending Defined

For people trying to understand peer to peer lending for the first time, it can be helpful to begin by asking the most basic of questions: what is peer to peer lending? In a sentence, it is the large scale lending of money between people online. In this video, I outline this concept in detail, highlighting how it differs for borrowers and investors.

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Peer to Peer Lending Defined(6:24)

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