P-to-P

P-to-P lending sites have been around for a couple of years, providing small, short-term loans mostly to individuals looking to pay off credit cards or other expensive debts.

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Recently, some larger financial institutions have begun to take notice of P-to-P lending, saying that offering loans through the sites is a way to bring in more deposits and reach more consumers.

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Individuals who are lending via these networks say they are drawn to the P-to-P market by the opportunity to earn better returns than traditional investments such as stocks and bonds, and by the chance to help out real people.

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Roughly $100 million in new P-to-P loans was issued in the U.S. last year, a number that is expected to jump tenfold by 2010, according to Online Banking Report.

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Some larger financial institutions have begun dipping a toe in P-to-P lending, hoping to get in on the ground floor as the lending networks are expected to grow.

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Mp3DownloadCity. com and MyMusicInc. com promised, legal downloads of files such as movies still in theaters, each charge customers about US$25 for a subscription, said the CDT in March, going on, The sites then direct users to P-to-P networks using popular, freely available P-to-P software, such as Kazaa and LimeWire, and offer instructions on how to use the software.

Mp3DownloadCity.com 2005

I liked this: P-to-P (peer-to-peer) file-trading enthusiasts like to rant about the draconian steps taken by groups like the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) to enforce laws protecting their intellectual property rights, by shutting down distribution systems like the original Napster.

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P-to-P group asks Congress for help by GRANT GROSS

Archive 2003-09-01 Claire 2003

P-to-P partner accuses firms of patent violationsb...

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This next generation of P-to-P will institutionalize that anarchy, 'said Robert Batchelder, a research director at Gartner Dataquest Link

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