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The Assetz Capital platform is no longer open to investment from individual investors. No new investments into peer-to-peer loans are possible and, as a result, no new funds should be deposited. The existing loan book relating to the Retail platform is now in run-off and this will, over time, deliver the return of capital to investors. Full information can be found here . Existing Retail lenders can still log in, view information regarding their account and loan holdings and operate their account in accordance with the information regarding the run-off provided on the link above. Please see this important message regarding the currency of the information on the pages on this website.

You’d be a fool not to look at peer-to-peer lending

Low rates on savings mean Britons have seen the returns on their cash dwindle to almost nothing, but there is a way to make well over 5% and it’s a lot safer than you might think

You might not have heard of social lending, it’s still relatively new to the UK and will not be regulated officially until next year. But you might not be able to ignore it for long. Why? Because it’s one of the few ways you can consistently make returns higher than inflation.
 

- September 26, 2013