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What is the untold Prosper story worth telling?
Here is a summary of a Prosper story thay may be worth telling to the outside world.
- The actual default loan rates are much higher than Prosper would lead one to believe.
- Prosper Discussion Forums - Late loan statistics, Yuck!
- Conclusion: Loans are going late at rates which extrapolate to defaults at 2.5x to 5x the Experian historical figures. All extrapolation is speculative, but I feel confident in saying at this point that Prosper's default rates will be more than 2x the Experian numbers. If this is correct, a great many lenders will lose money. - pninen
- Prosper Discussion Forums - Late loan statistics, Yuck!
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- At least one mega-group leader, TwoMillionaires2, uses a financial tactic, Community Payments, to disguise its actual delinquency rate, a possible predictor of default rates. This practice very well may perform like a Ponzi scheme, giving the initial appearance of higher than expected returns on investments until its ultimate collapse and subsequent financial losses for the affected lenders.
- A number of lenders who have vocally objected to this practice have been suspended from participating in the related discussion boards and the related topics have been locked.
- Some lenders have immediately withdrawn their available funds from Prosper with the intention of systematically withdrawing their remaining funds.
See Also
- ["ProsperStories" Prosper Stories]