As one of the largest online marketplaces for consumer credit, Prosper regularly calibrates its credit and pricing models in order to maintain a balanced and sustainable marketplace that is equally appealing to both borrowers and investors. Today, we are providing an update on the credit and pricing changes on Prosper’s platform in 2018. These changes are […]
Prosper Performance Update: August 2018
Today we are sharing performance data from the Prosper Portfolio for August 2018. Highlights from the August report include: In August, 63% of originations were rated AA-B as Prosper continues to reduce the risk profile of originations on its platform. Dollar Weighted Average (WA) FICO for August was 717, an increase of 2 points since […]
Prosper Performance Update: July 2018
Prosper to Introduce Historical Return Data
Prosper will be changing the way we present the return information on our website and will begin providing historical return data for each Prosper rating. This move from expected returns to historical data is intended to give our investors even greater insight into the Prosper platform’s performance as they make their investment decisions.
Prosper Announces Pricing Changes
In March, we discussed Prosper’s approach to portfolio pricing in a rising interest rate environment. Prosper is committed to delivering value for both sides of the platform by providing a fair price for borrowers and a reasonable return for investors. With this objective in mind, we have been increasing the borrower rates on our platform since March to stay in-line with changes in the interest rate environment (Exhibit A).