WSJ Podcast: Loans

A recent episode of the Wall Street Journal's Your Money Matters podcast was dedicated to loans. You may enjoy hearing some news about:

• Bank losses on home equity loans
• Person-to-person lending
• Predatory lending

As you might imagine, they report on how the subprime debacle has affected banks. In addition, you can hear about developments in P2P lending and how older people are increasingly targeted by payday loan shops. Listen to the story by downloading the MP3 file.

More on person to person lending:

• Prosper.com Overview
• How Virgin Money Works