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The Lending Process Revisited – Plus Loan Latest
We thought we’d remind visitors and registered lenders that lending to our carefully vetted borrowing companies is not a one-stage process. Investors who buy a fund or make a cash deposit into a building society account have done all the process they need to. With lending, depositing money is just the first part. After that, you have to choose a company and then deploy your capital. A number of our registered lenders have deposited money, but not put it into loans. So here is our guide to the process of lending and getting those attractive returns (once you’ve acquainted yourself …
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Serious Business: The Benefits And Dangers As Society Rethinks Money
Our head of content and communications opines on the nature of digital money, specifically cryptocurrencies, and its place in – and threat to – the modern nation state. Here’s an extract of his recent article in Byline Times. Rethinking the nature of money is serious stuff. It is, in effect, the re-examination of a concept of value exchange that’s been central to society, certainly every mercantile culture, for thousands of years – from Pacific conch shells, to gold, promissory notes and credit cards. It’s my contention that, for good or for ill, there is a clear and present threat to …