I understand your point of view but when I put forward the opinion it was based on less chances of loan defaults. Rather than close down his lending business altogether it might be better for him to raise the criteria bar in order to minimise the chances of him completely losing out as a result of loan defaults. That way the business he operates will not be lucrative as he would want it to be as loan requests would be small in number but at least more of those loans would probably be paid back.
There are only a certain number of defaults that any lender can absorb before eventually ending the loan business or being selective enough to offer occasional loans only to older respected Legendary members that have far less chances of defaulting.
Most of the respected legendary members don't borrow often, so if OP offers his services only to them, it will not be lucrative.
I quite understood your concern. We are just trying to balance between profitability and longevity of the business. Maybe I'll give him some heads-up;
- Only lend to accounts which have been in campaign for the past 120 days
- Lend to the accounts which have earned reasonable amount of merits (like 500 and above), excluding airdropped merits
- If you are not sure of a particular user, make a rule that they must belong to a particular local board and have a reputable person from that local be their guarantor
If the person can provide evidence that they own a business or have a job outside the forum
OR use the rule;
If you are in doubt, don't approve the loan, they'll not pay.