Peer-to-peer lending includes personal peer-to-peer lending and online microfinance. Personal peer-to-peer lending refers to direct lending between individuals through the Internet platform. Direct lending on the personal peer-to-peer lending platform belongs to the category of private lending, which is regulated by the Contract Law, General Principles of Civil Law and other laws and regulations as well as relevant judicial interpretations in the Supreme People's Court.
Network micro-loan refers to the micro-loan provided to customers by Internet companies through their holding micro-loan companies. Network microfinance should abide by the existing regulations of microfinance companies, give full play to the advantages of peer-to-peer lending, and strive to reduce the financing costs of customers. P2P loan business is supervised by China Banking Regulatory Commission.
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Online lending is different from financial institutions. Financial institutions are managed by "net capital". Banks and trust companies must have their own registered capital, ranging from several hundred million to more than one billion or even billions. Moreover, registered capital is not used for doing business, but a guarantee and a "threshold".
However, due to the low threshold of online lending companies, the government has not yet issued guidance, and platform software can be bought from thousands to tens of thousands. Many people who owe a lot in private lending have bought platform virtual borrowers and virtual mortgages to attract investors to invest at high interest rates. High interest rates are generally at least 30% per year, and individual platforms reach 50% to 70%.
Online lending is a new industry and an innovative model of the financial industry. Its development process is only a few years, and the market has not yet reached a mature stage. Many investors and borrowers do not treat this kind of financial products correctly, but blindly pursue high returns, while those who need funds are eager to cash out.
As an online loan company itself, because the original intention of its establishment is only to make profits, its organizational structure lacks professional credit risk management personnel, and it is difficult to grasp and deal with the problems in the operation of the platform, resulting in a large number of bad debts, and finally it can only close down.
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Baidu encyclopedia-online loan