You can make money by lending money to strangers over the Internet. It sounds like the latest variant of Nigerian spam, but it's a legitimate new business started by an entrepreneur with an impressive ...

Peer-to-peer lender Prosper.com has offered a seven-day auction for setting interest rates on loans since the company opened for business in 2006. On Monday, the company dropped the model, saying most ...

Prosper.com, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace in the U.S., has raised $70 million led by Francisco Partners, a private equity firm with Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and Phenomen Ventures ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. As a peer-to-peer marketplace lender, Prosper is the first ...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Prosper Marketplace ("Prosper"), the first peer-to-peer lending platform in the United States, and Alliant Credit Union ("Alliant"), the largest credit ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prosper, a leading peer-to-peer lending platform connecting borrowers and investors, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2019. Personal loan ...

New web site Prosper.com takes the bank out of loans and lets users negotiate lending and borrowing online. The New York Times reports: On Prosper.com, prospective borrowers register with the site and ...

Prosper.com, a social lending marketplace that connects borrowers with individual and institutional investors, this morning announced that it has raised $17.2 million in funding from new investors ...