Web communities for money management, borrowing gain currency

September 15, 2008 By Pamela Yip

The Internet, which has wrought major changes in the way people conduct their lives, is changing the way people manage their finances and borrow money. What social networking sites like My Space and Facebook have done for online personal interaction, Web sites like finicity.com, Prosper and GreenNote are now doing for personal finance.


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Glis
Sep 15, 2008

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P2P loans sound like a great idea as long as the hub doesn't get greedy, which it probably will.
People might argue that banks are the only way to go because they've been around forever and are established, but these people probably haven't read a newspaper recently. It would be a beautiful thing if people got sick enough of the banks to really make something like this work.
dawnrimes023
Nov 24, 2008

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Hi,

Here's some tips for all thoses who want to earn money online.
This is the only way I've ever made money on the internet and one of the most convenient.
Check this out :

http://www.newaffiliation.com/

''No holds barred . Stay tuned.''
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