Margins are compressing due to competition. The platforms need to be innovative in terms of origination of assets (see Capital Match’s merger with procurement platform, Sesami). But ultimately, Singapore will be too small a market and overseas expansion is the only card to then play...or become a digital bank for SMEs

Hey there! This is Yingying from Funding Societies. Unfortunately we have regulatory constraints to openly share referral codes :( Do still sign up with Funding Societies though! We have promotions which are exclusive to our investors on a regular basis.

This is the BEST Funding Societies referral deal in awhile. I didnt even get any when i signed up :/ so dont miss this opportunity! Started in Aug, 35 invested, 29 ongoing, returns are quite gd at 12.41% when annualised.

Here are some of my thoughts : 1.your minimum sum invested is too small. You can set a higher amount. Or you can try your luck when the loans are listed to put in more. 2 recently, most loans listed are small with maximum of $20-50. Remember you are not the only investors. 3. There is simply too little supply of loans requested by borrowers. You can help recommend your business partners if they need debt financing. So more supply of loans is issued 4. There is a consolidation of loans in views of unfortunate spike in defaults in Q2 2019 faced by p2p and banks 5. There may be a lot of rejection towards borrowers by the platform itself because some borrowers simply have poor cash management. I would like to thank funding societies for the due diligence. Dear borrowers, please help yourself first (understand your business and financial health) before seeking help from others. P. S I am shock to see that u have invested 23k into funding societies alone. Such a large sum. How I wish I have such an amount. I can do a lot of things with it. Lol Advice :maybe it is time to divest and spread your risk. Look into other platforms not just locally but also globally. You could fb msg me for advice or you can go to crowdfundtalks.com to seek advice

What i am very sure is that funding societies is not 0% default rate. I have invested over 150 campaigns with them. currently I have 7 loans defaulted, and no regular update from funding societies on how they are recovering the funds. FYI, my portfolio is in red.

Hi. 1.Set up your auto invest function. There are guide in funding societies help Centre. This will guarantee your allocation of your desired loans. 2.learn to read fact sheet. There are guide in their blog or forums. Crowdfundtalks.com 3. Remember to divest. You can just invest on every loans and /or borrower but spread it equally. E. G $20 loans each with your $1000deposit

Here are my 2-cents thoughts. As much as p2p is a tech driven fintech, it is still a service industry nevertheless. To me, whatever technology features such as auto-invest will soon be commonly used by the platforms. Without them, they will lose an edge. So you could start by asking yourself what would you like to have as an investor or a borrower. For a borrower, would be probably necessary financial advice so that they will get sufficient funds. Etc. For an investor, you want as lower risk loan as possible. Is there a sufficient supply of loans? Which platform provides a better investing experience? the extensiveness of platform providing the loans. How receptive are the platform to feedback and their responsiveness in changes? Having a good customer base, along with a good support team could improve your rewards and user experience. Furthermore, having 0% default rate is ideal. However, is your funds put into desirable rewards investment? This also questions the response of the platform in a situation of defaults. In choosing the platform, ask yourself what gives you a better piece of mind. Is it within your risk-reward? Which loan product do you prefer? (there is some difference in loans offered among the platform) what is your ability? (your fund size and risk tolerance ). You should also filter the reviews and forums of the platform. Remember this is a service industry. In my opinion, a good service, or user experience should be the main factors in choosing the platform. A good service attracts more borrowers and in turn attracts more investors. A good service is what drives the platform to innovate and constant improve themselves. Do your due diligence. Feel free to Facebook msg me if you have any queries.

I'm Cassandra, the community specialist from CoAssets. Allow me to give you the objective view of my findings. All calculations except for Capital Match are according to MAS's standards. Rate of returns per annum in 2018, ranked according to weighted average returns) 1. Minterest: 3.5-24% (Weighted ave: 12.95%) 2. CoAssets: 9-10% (Weighted Ave: 9.91%) 3. Moolahsense 5.90%-16.82% (Weighted Ave: 9.9%) 4. Funding Societies: 6.51-17.79% (Weighted Ave: 9.32%) 5. SeedIn: 7-20% (Weighted Ave: 8.33%) 6. Capital Match: 15-20% APR (Weighted Ave: unknown) Default rates (measured as non-performing loan rate beyond 30days) in 2018, ranked in descending order 1. Moolahsense: 14.82% 2. Minterest: 0.59% 3. Funding Societies: 0.47% 4. SeedIn: 0.32% 5. Capital Match: 0.20% 6. CoAssets: 0.00% Note that stats are according to internal standards and not MAS's criteria. Even after 90 days, Capital Match does not classify it as a default, unless the company is in the windup, has undergoing lawsuits, or the director(s) declare bankruptcy. Furthermore, Capital Match does not have an updated statistic based on 2018; thus this internally calculated rate is for 2017. In summary, the services these platforms provide are similar. All these platforms provide opportunities for retail investors to invest in a variety of projects. The difference is that CoAssets is the only listed online funding platform which means that they're obliged to give transparent performance updates twice a year. Their rate of returns, default rates and profits are under the scrutiny of the Australian exchange and the public, bare for all to see. As for the rest, the data provided above was based on the information provided on their website. Another factor to consider is hidden costs like service fees or surcharges within the rate of returns. For CoAssets specifically, the investors get the full interest back. For others, for example, the interest rate may be 20% but they may charge a 1% service fee resulting in an actual return of 19% only. I'm open to discussing any of the mentioned points should someone else's findings be different. I hope this helps. References: MAS guidelines: http://www.mas.gov.sg//media/MAS/Regulations%20and%20Financial%20Stability/Regulations%20Guidance%20and%20Licensing/Securities%20Futures%20and%20Fund%20Management/Regulations%20Guidance%20and%20Licensing/Circulars/CMI%2027%202018%20Controls%20and%20Disclosures%20to%20be%20Implemented%20by%20Licensed%20Securities%20Based%20Crowdfunding%20Operators.pdf Moolahsense: https://www.moolahsense.com/statistics/ Minterest: https://www.minterest.sg/statistics Funding Societies:https://fundingsocieties.com/ SeedIn: https://sg.seedin.tech/statistics CoAssets: https://coassets.com/asx/about/ Capital Match: https://lending.capital-match.com/statistics.html

hello! Yes i think it is ok. p2p lending is run by experienced team who will screen all the loans before they take them in and open the loans to public investors. im not in the p2p business but i think this is the process: 1) loan application by SME from P2P 2) P2P platform screens, does audit of the SME's business and determines risk and suitability + loan quantum 3) If business is sound, P2P approves the loan, if it is a bad business, P2P platform wont approve 4) Once loan approved, P2P platform publishes the loan and avails it for investment by public investor 5) public investor can take a look at the summary of the SME, the risk assessment and decides if he wants to invest in the SME's loan. So you can choose which business loan you want to back. And you can choose the amount. It is also in P2P platform's interest to ensure that the default rate is very low so that investors will continue to invest, because a bad apple will really break investor's confidence in the P2P platform. Funding society's default rate is <2% overall so is actually not that bad. For me, ive been on Funding society for almost 1 year now, no defaults so far. Returns should be around 7-9% after deducting the fees by funding societies. Overall experience is not bad, would personally recommend it for investors with medium to high risk profile. :)

For P2P loans, you are earning interest income. That is taxable and need to be declared in iras. Dividends and capital gains are not however, P2P loans are not considered capital gains or dividends. https://www.iras.gov.sg/IRASHome/Individuals/Locals/Working-Out-Your-Taxes/What-is-Taxable-What-is-Not/Interest/