P2P Lending - any risk for borrowers?

P2P Lending - any risk for borrowers?

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Integroo

Original Poster:

11,574 posts

85 months

Monday 9th October 2017
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I was just accepted for a loan at 4.05% with a £48 fee bringing it up to 4.9% APR. I would use this to settle my existing Tesco loan (for my car) at 6.9% and save a few hundred quid in interest, and repay earlier.

Is there any risk to P2P lending for borrowers I should be aware of?

seaninog

513 posts

189 months

Sunday 15th October 2017
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No. You're fine. All the risk is with the lenders and, to a lesser extent, the platform.

Vantagefan

643 posts

170 months

Monday 16th October 2017
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I can't see any risk to the borrower. I'm a lender on a P2P platform (Harmoney) and apart from a few people defaulting it's been pretty painless on the risky end smile