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 Marketplace, the first peer-to-peer lending platform in the United States, announced the closing of a new $75 million financing from a fund managed by Neuberger ...

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 ...