print email comment close Prosper: The eBay of Loans? URL: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060213_147523.htm Description: This 2006 article describes a new online financial service that "matches people who need small loans, but can't get them from traditional banks, with willing lenders." These person-to-person loans do not just "provide a new way for individuals to get small loans. It could also turn anyone with a little money into a banker." Discusses how Prosper works, payment processing, and potential problems with defaults. From Business Week. Author: Hof, Robert Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc LII Database Information: Record 24862 created by Maria Brandt on 11/05/2007 Last modification on 11/06/2007 Published: 11/14/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24862