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== Peer-to-peer lending and peer-to-peer investing == | == Peer-to-peer lending and peer-to-peer investing == | ||
{{Q|''' | {{Q|'''Peer-to-peer lending''', abbreviated '''P2PL''', is the practice of [[w:loan|lending]] money to unrelated individuals, or "peers", without going through a traditional [[w:financial intermediary|financial intermediary]] such as a bank or other traditional [[w:financial institution|financial institution]]. P2PL is not to be confused with [[w:peer to peer investing|peer to peer investing]] (P2PI). This lending takes place online on peer-to-peer lending companies' websites using various different lending [[w:Computing platform|platforms]] and [[w:credit check|credit check]]ing tools. Many also use the abbreviation "P2P" when discussing the peer-to-peer lending or investing industries more generally. Peer-to-peer lending is also known as crowdlending.|Wikipedia|[[w:Peer-to-peer lending|Peer-to-peer lending]]}} | ||
{{Q|'''Peer-to-peer investing''' ('''P2PI''') is the practice of investing money in notes to borrowers who are requesting a loan without going through a traditional [[financial intermediary]] and who are unknown to the investor.|Wikipedia|[[w:peer-to-peer investing]]}} | {{Q|'''Peer-to-peer investing''' ('''P2PI''') is the practice of investing money in notes to borrowers who are requesting a loan without going through a traditional [[w:financial intermediary|financial intermediary]] and who are unknown to the investor.|Wikipedia|[[w:peer-to-peer investing|peer-to-peer investing]]}} | ||
{{Q|'''Equity crowdfunding''' is the online offering of private company securities to a group of people to investment.|Wikipedia|[[w:equity crowdfunding|equity crowdfunding]]}} | |||
== Microfinance and microcredit == | == Microfinance and microcredit == |