humiliatrix |
02-11-2007 04:57 PM |
I can't remember why I came across it, but it was sweet to see gfy people help out this family.
And chica's story made me think of this news bit I saw on cnn the other day about Prosper, it's an alternative to getting credit from a bank, it is peer-to-peer lending online kind of like an ebay for loans.
If you need a loan like to buy tools or whatever and can't go to the bank, or you don't want to, or your credit sucks, what you do is go to Prosper and you can list that you want a microloan. Then someone who wants to make some interest on their investment gives the loan to you - and they make the interest on it instead of the bank.
Anyway it's prosper dot com. (Yeah, I don't have enough freaken posts racked up to even make the link work. That's why I am posting today, want to hit the magic #30 so I can start posting links. ) I haven't used it myself to borrow or lend but it's an interesting idea.
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