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Viability Of A Peer-To-Peer Loan Market For Students And The Underbanked

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  • Lynda S. Livingston
  • Samantha A. Anders
  • Hiroki Tokuyama

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It is difficult to achieve financial stability without access to traditional banking services. Unbanked and underbanked groups therefore face significant financial hurdles, making them targets for predatory fringe lenders. In this paper, we present the results of a credit survey given to college students and lowincome residents of Tacoma, Washington. Our first goal with this survey was to characterize credit use and access among these groups. Given that information, we then could assess the feasibility of developing a viable peer-to-peer (P2P) platform for them that would be a consumer-friendly alternative to fringe lending. We find that there is a need for small-dollar financial assistance, even within our relatively affluent student sample. We discuss the possibility of creating a student P2P market to help them, working through Four Horsemen Investments, a student-run 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Developing such a market on a small scale would be a precursor to expanding it to the local community, where it could help at-risk, low-income families

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  • Lynda S. Livingston & Samantha A. Anders & Hiroki Tokuyama, 2015. "Viability Of A Peer-To-Peer Loan Market For Students And The Underbanked," Global Journal of Business Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 9(4), pages 53-66.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:9:y:2015:i:4:p:53-66
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    Keywords

    Peer-to-Peer Lending; Payday Loans; Fringe Credit;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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