Fynanz improves borrower vetting

Fynanz made several improvements in the vetting process for new borrowers including the following changes:

• School certification is obtained directly from a borrower’s school (or a borrower has to provide a school transcript and tuition bill) to verify enrollment, class standing, and whether the borrower is enrolled half-time or full-time.
• All borrowers are required to provide valid bank account information prior to application approval. If this information is determined to be invalid, the application is rejected until it can be verified.
• In most cases, Fynanz contacts personal references provided by the borrower.

Some loans that were listed prior to these changes have been canceled prior to funding until borrowers can meet these requirements. In addition, there are fewer available loans as a result of these changes. The available loans, however, are of a higher quality and much more likely to complete the funding process.

Fynanz is the first peer to peer lending company to match most bids from family and friends. They are currently running a promotion where they will give some new lenders up to 5% of the amount loaned.

Fynanz, which just launched a few months ago, has received a lot of publicity due to the current student loan crisis. Today, for example, they were featured in the U.S. News & World Report.