No one will invest in unprofitable business. In some small countries and in their universities someone who has access on database will send you documents of students, whom in reality don't need any loan and this way there will be a huge scam from some university employees, there are even facts of falsely given diplomas. Also banks in developed countries have low fees on loans.


Thank you for your feedback.


According to Morgan Stanley in a report in 2015 predicted that P2P lending would command $150 billion to $490 billion globally by 2020. The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 48.2% between 2016 and 2024 in P2P loan industry.

Company Name     Est. Revenue 2017
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Lendkey                   $7.5M
College Ave              $5M
Common Bond          $8.5M
Credible                   $8.9M

Above are a few examples of P2P lending companies. Everyone has raised more than $50M+. We believe that we can become one of them within the next five years if we go in the right direction.

Kindly go through our whitepaper. We do not fund to students directly. We use their data and vet with the university where we are associated. For example, if London Business School has Peerfin program, then a student coming from India or Brazil has to submit the proof of admission from LBS to start the loan process. The documents include your historical study record to proof of income and in some cases credit report.

Our risk assessment includes, but is not limited to, multiple elements such as pre-study salary, university acceptance and future income to ensure individual loan affordability; as opposed to only considering historical earnings data.

I do agree with your last point. Developed countries provide loan to students. It's easier to get a loan but the high interest and private organizations are killing the youth with the student debt. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/01/05/where-student-loan-debt-is-a-real-problem/  In fact student loan is so huge that some are predicting that it's going to be the next bubble.

In a country like India where student loans absolutely require a co-signer. When loan amounts exceed a certain minimum (Usually $10,000 above) collateral is also required in most cases. Families wishing to go this route will be asked to put their house on the line – and therefore decide which child will be able to attend university.

I will be posting more about our platform soon in the forum. I'm a newbie here so please ignore if there is any mistake.

My question is simple to your project because we need to do that before moving forward

1. How do you determine if I am really applying for a loan to fund my education? I could give you documents but how do you verify it?

2. You plan to make it accessible to the whole world, how will you ensure that someone in Africa whose school probably doesn't have adequate records who could just disappear from the radar after his education is held to ensure he paid the loan he had collected? Considering the primary location of your business could be several miles away on another continent.

Hi,

Answering your question

1. There are a few conditions before we issue a loan. 1. We only provide loans to masters degree (postgraduate).
2. You've been accepted to a school and programme we support
3. You have to upload all the supporting documents such as KYC, Proof of admission. Credit Reports* etc. More details will be available on our website FAQ soon.
4. We only disburse 80% of fund required for studies. If you require funds for additional living expense then we encourage to get a financial aid or most of the schools have their own program.
5. We only provide funding to a university account, not to a savings/personal account. For legal reasons, in most cases, this step can only be completed once a student arrives on campus. This is also to ensure that the student will avoid all the hassle and fees associated with currency transfers and the stress of ensuring an international wire makes it through before payment deadlines.

2. Unfortunately, our model doesn't work in that method. We want to be as realistic as possible. I can just say that decentralization and cryptocurrency is a solution to all but we run a business where we have to manage investor (the people who fund for students) interest. We will only provide loans to associated colleges/universities where we can vet the student information properly.

Thank you for the questions. Please let me know if you have more questions and concerns.

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