Guides, Reviews & Tips
Why do peer-to-peer lending? It offers inflation-beating returns with lower risk than the stock market even when you commit your money for less time.
4thWay provides candid information about all the risks and benefits, so that you can decide for yourself whether it's right for you.
Here are five great ways to learn about peer-to-peer lending, including P2P IFISAs, and how to earn more money, more safely.
1. Read our 10 Core P2P Lending Guide pages
1. What is P2P Lending? Or see an image explaining the same in How Peer-to-Peer Lending Works.
2. Is Peer-to-Peer Lending Safe?
3. 4thWay's 10 P2P Investing Principles.
4. The 10 Key Peer-To-Peer Lending Risks. (And two more risks in IFISAs: IFISAs: What Are The Risks?)
5. 4-Step Strategy to Safe Peer-to-Peer Lending.
6. 10 Ways To Get Your P2P Lending Money Back!
7. Peer-to-Peer Lending Vs Other Investments.
8. How Is Peer-to-Peer Lending Taxed?
10. How One Lender Is Losing Money – A Lesson In P2P Lending Diversification.
Plus, read our mini-guides, including Can Your Business Lend Through P2P? and many more.
And for expert lenders
You want even more info? You really must get the basics above first, but after that, if you're a seriously active investor putting lots of time into this, think about diving into our more detailed guide: How To Assess P2P Lending Sites.
If you get stuck for understanding any jargon, we offer you our Peer-to-Peer Lending And IFISA Glossary.
2. Compare lending products and IFISAs
Compare all P2P lending products, including IFISAs or just compare IFISAs.
3. Visit our most popular pages at the moment
4. See P2P Lending Reviews from 4thWay's specialists
There is probably no better way anywhere on the Web to quickly learn about each individual P2P lending opportunity than by reading reviews from our specialists.
Read our very popular and educational reviews for each P2P lending site by going to the compare page and then clicking on the reviews that interest you, so that you can see other key information side-by-side, such as their 4thWay PLUS Ratings.
Or you can click on the links here if you just want to read individual reviews in peace:
- ArchOver Review.
- Assetz Capital Review.
- BLEND Network Review.
- CapitalRise Review.
- CapitalStackers Review.
- Crowd2Fund Review.
- CrowdProperty Review.
- Downing Crowd Review.
- Flender Review.
- Funding Circle Review.
- HNW Lending Review.
- Invest & Fund Review.
- Kuflink Review.
- LandlordInvest Review.
- LendingCrowd Review.
- Lending Works Review. (Lending Works has switched its model so just financial institutions can lend.)
- Loanpad Review.
- Proplend Review.
- Sourced Capital Review.
- Zopa Review. (Zopa has closed its P2P arm to focus on its bank.)
5. Read our latest research and articles
You can also add to your knowledge by signing up to our newsletter below, or by looking through our P2P lending tips, research, buy and sell tips, and candid opinions. You'll find it all in our articles and research section.
Stock Market Superbubble Suggests Investors Shift More To P2P Lending
New research shows stock market bubbles across the world are bound to correct downwards and that a shift to specialised lending is the way to go. Read about it here.
What We Learned From Kuflink's First Profitable Accounts
Kuflink has published annual accounts once again. Beyond the headline of making its first profit as a P2P lending company, there's a treasure trove of information. We asked Kuflink some extra questions and summarise the most important parts of the accounts here.
Which P2P Lending Sites Are Profitable
We always try to update this page on profitable P2P lending companies bit by bit through the year, but at least once a year we take the time to investigate the accounts of all of them in a large batch. We've now reviewed an updated a score of P2P lending companies' results.
Look Outside P2P Lending: Investing In Shares
Share investing complements P2P lending very well indeed, so, as a Christmas treat, we look at the latest that share investors should know and stay on top of.
Best Lending Works Alternative
Lending Works is switching to a different model, so that individual lenders can no longer lend new money. Find your Lending Works alternatives that share some traits with it.
Best Alternatives To Zopa
With Zopa gone, a very large number of lenders will want a new P2P home for their cash. Here are three P2P lending companies that share some similarities with Zopa or with what lenders wanted from Zopa.
The Real Reason Zopa Is Closing Its P2P Arm
Zopa has closed its P2P lending operation to focus on its bank. The reasons it gives are a great excuse not to upset existing lenders, but they're not the real reasons. Read about it here.
Invest & Fund Review: Major Updates
Invest & Fund has really stepped up its efforts to provide even more data, interview access and information to 4thWay in recent months, enabling us to form an even stronger opinion about this lending opportunity. Read our substantially updated review.
Why You Might Be Missing Out On Instant IFISA Diversification
You may know already from 4thWay research that you're actually allowed to open as many IFISAs as you want in the same tax year.
But that doesn't mean everyone working at the P2P lending companies understands that!
Find out more about this and what one 4thWay user did to open two IFISAs, by educating a P2P lending company.
8 P2P Lending Mistakes People Make
Most lenders do very well from P2P lending. When it goes wrong, it's usually self-inflicted. We've identified the most common mistakes. Here's how to avoid the eight most common mistakes.
List Of All The Peer-To-Peer Lending Companies In The UK
Many P2P lending companies haven't submitted themselves to the very gruelling process of being assessed by 4thWay, so we usually don't get to mention many of them.
Here, we thought we should share the full list, so that you can see what else is out there and what types of lending they offer.
Proplend Launches New Lending – Effectively To The Government
Proplend has added a new lending type that will probably pay double-digit interest while containing the risks.
Take a look at its new loans, which are arguably more comparable to government debt than anything else.
Crowd2Fund Review
We've extensively updated our Crowd2Fund Review with the latest information and research.
New sections on COVID-19 and cybersecurity, with updates on its people, processes, results and more. Read it here.
Loanpad Profitable After Tripling Loan Book
Here's a digest of the latest update we have on Loanpad after our recent interviews and investigations.
Proplend Team Gets Another Upgrade
Proplend has another new key decision maker heading its lending team. Read about it here.
In Search Of Contradictory Information
Instead of looking for reasons to make more money, it pays to look for reasons not to put your existing pot of money at risk.
Searching for contradictory information from a P2P lending company is a great way to do just that.
We show you what contradictions to look for, how to find them, and what to do about them. Including many real-life examples. Read on.
BLEND Network Review
We've now completed major updates to BLEND Network's review. Please take a look!
How Does Peer-to-Peer Lending Tax Work?
I know what you're thinking: this is too exciting for words! Reading about taxes. But, you know, it can be important. We've updated our extremely comprehensive guide on all P2P lending tax issues.
What You Need To Know About P2P Bridging Lending
Bridging lending – short-term property loans – are some of the most popular kinds of loans for lenders doing P2P lending. We take a look at the most interesting features of these loans, so that you can understand them better and assess P2P lending companies that offer them more easily.
The Impact Of Inflation On P2P Lending Results
It's getting a little bit topical, so find out how P2P lending has performed through the vagaries of inflation in the past and what lenders need to do to successfully manage that risk.
Update On Kuflink's Financial Results And Auditor Reports
The news we have been waiting for has come in: with Kuflink's latest accounts finally published, what do its new independent auditors say about its accounting and governance practices? And did Kuflink take another step towards profitability? We answer this and more questions after our review of the group and subsidiary accounts of Kuflink Group Limited.
Learn From Northern Provident Investments To Stay Out Of Trouble
We take a brief look at lessons to be learned from this online lending and investing platform closing down.
SoMo Review
SoMo is becoming bigger and even more protifable, but there's been no public update of any kind on lending results for nearly two years.
We've updated our popular SoMo Review, although don't expect too much new news from this one!
The Mind-Blowing Economics Of Rebuildingsociety Lending
Rebuildingsociety is one-of-a-kind. Lenders should be getting checkmated, but somehow this one just doesn't follow the rules! Read all about it.
How Many Small Business Loans Should Lenders Spread Across?
We've timed this research badly, as no lending accounts apply right now! But it still makes an interesting read on diversification, we think. Don't let our research be in vain! Check it out.
Lendy High Court Result Great News For P2P Lenders
It was win after win for individual P2P lenders during the Lendy court case.
While those wins won't overcome all the problems of that particular P2P lending company, which closed in considerable disgrace, it's good to know that the law has been on lenders' side in all the right places.
The 10 Key P2P Lending Risks
We've updated our guide on the risks of P2P lending to include three more risks. We've also added more information to help you truly minimise all ten risks to a low level.
Check out the P2P lending risks and how to overcome them.
Read more in our articles and research section: