The Lending Club blog has posted news that the alumni associations of Michigan, Kansas State and Georgia Tech have partnered with Lending Club to use the LC platform to make or take loans. 

I think this is a great idea.  I would gladly make loans to alumni of my alma matter and for that matter I would absolutely pay them off.

Here are some highlights…

Lending Club is available today to Kansas State and Georgia Tech alumni. It will be available in about a month from now to the 420,000 alumni of the University of Michigan. We chose to make this announcement during the homecoming season, which traditionally has marked the return of millions of alumni looking to reconnect and give back to their alma maters across the country.

Person-to-person lending grows faster when a level of trust exists between borrowers and lenders. Adding in whole communities of alumni with that trust built in dramatically increases our ability to extend great opportunities to everyone on the platform.

Potential lenders feel closer to their fellow alumni than they do to the general public: they feel both a desire to help and a stronger sense of trust due to their shared connection. If you can make a 12% return (which is the current average of all lenders’ portfolios on Lending Club), and at the same time help fellow alumni, it becomes a no-brainer for lenders.

Borrowers also feel more compelled to make payments on time because they know that their lenders are fellow alumni who are counting on these payments. This keeps defaults minimal and, in turn, reinforces trust on the lenders’ side. You can expect more announcements on this blog shortly as new online communities join the Lending Club ecosystem every week.

 

 

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