Welcome to the P2P money website !  This is a site dedicated to the concept of peer-to-peer lending and borrowing and peer-to-business lending and borrowing.  These are often shortened to P2P lending and P2B lending respectively.  There is a wealth of information and statistics on these subjects.

What is "peer-to-peer" and "peer-to-business" lending ?

Peer-to-peer and peer-to-business are relatively new concepts in the field of lending and borrowing.  Classically individuals (or businesses) would save their money in a bank, and the bank would then lend that money to other individuals or businesses.  P2P removes the bank from this process.  There are a growing number of online companies that can facilitate this process.  This process can also be referred to as social lending, or crowdlending.

What advantages are there as a borrower ?

Borrowers could obtain lower rates than from other loan providers, and they also have the knowledge that they are borrowing money from individuals like themselves.  From the borrowers' perspective the process is not too dissimilar from dealing with a bank or building society.

What advantages are there as a lender ?

Lenders can obtain higher rates than they can with a bank or building society.  For comparison, the average rates on comparable savings on MoneyFacts is 2.4% net*.  In fact lenders are the ones able to set the interest rates.  From the lenders' perspective this process is quite different from simply opening a savings account.

Is my money safe ?

This question is always asked by people new to P2P !  We will attempt to answer these questions by comparing the different aspects of peer-to-peer lending, so you can make and informed decision if P2P lending is for you.

Where can I search for information ?

You can search above for information on the P2P money website, or alternatively you can use the peer-to-peer search engine which will look for information within the peer-to-peer arena, or check out the P2P blog.

* Rates quoted from MoneyFacts correct as of 18^th May 2013

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