London, Wednesday, 3rd January 2007
There is a growing trend of people joining specialised
lending companies, instead of availing loans from banks. Zopa
is one such company. This website facilitates people to lend and borrow
money.
The popularity of this website stems from lower interest rates.
Zopa facilitates like-minded people to meet, and know exactly what they
are getting and paying back. This website assists in cutting out complicated
issues, and makes loan
fundamentals clear and uncomplicated. Another advantage this website
has over banks is that peosple can actually meet on a common platform,
where the borrowers and lenders get to know each other. The social factor
is what people seem to enjoy. Most Britons would rather seemingly deal
with people than banks and lending institutions.
The principal benefit is the lower lending fees and the fact that borrowers
save around 50% on what they would be paying, if they borrowed from
some different source. In fact, these websites' popularity is so great
that the New Year may see banks coming up with customer-friendly schemes,
simply to retain clients.
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