Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
December 1, 2012 11:50 pm GMT

P2P Lending & Education: CommonBond Launches With $3.5M, Joining SoFi In Quest To Solve The Student Debt Crisis

Screen shot 2012-12-01 at 7.32.14 AMPiggy-backing on the recent launch (and massive funding) of SoFi, a new startup is launching today that wants to breathe some fresh air into the broken, complex and mollasses-slow student loan system.New York City-based CommonBond aims to bring the power of crowdsourcing to bear on student debt by connecting student borrowers and alumni investors and offering loans at a lower fixed rate than what they'd find with Uncle Sam. And, to help kick-start this initiative, the startup is announcing today that it has raised $3.5 million in outside funding.

Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/jbKt_C0CBKk/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Techcrunch

TechCrunch is a leading technology blog, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

More About this Source Visit Techcrunch