Borrowers on Lending Club are only charged as a result of an accepted and approved loan. Fees range from 0.75% to 3% depending on the borrower's credit grade. For example, if a C borrower requests $5,000 they will be charged a processing fee of 2% or $100. This borrower would save $10 by signing up through Credit Karma. The fee breakdown on Lending Club fees is:
- A - 0.75%
- B - 1.50%
- C - 2.00%
- D - 2.50%
- E - 2.75%
- F - 3.00%
- G - 3.00%
Credit Karma is a new company which offers free credit scores. Yes, it's really free. Not one of those tricks where you are suddenly charged monthly fees. I signed up last month. Credit Karma makes money if you sign up for one of the offers which will be presented to you. Credit Karma shows personalized offers, such as this Lending Club offer, based on your credit profile.
The downside for those concerned about privacy - you do have to provide your social security number in order for them to pull the necessary information. Credit Karma claims they "will never share your personal information."
In addition, there are several different types of credit scores - FICO, Experian PlusScore, VantageScore, and others. The score provided to me through Credit Karma was a TransUnion score, not my FICO score. TransUnion's scale is 150-950 unlike FICO which is 300 to 850. It appears Credit Karma may provide different scores to different customers.
I also found Zopa listed on Credit Karma but there were no special offers or coupon codes. Prosper was running banner ads but did not provide other deals.
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Credit Karma just changed the score they credit score they give to members. Here's what they wrote in an email sent to members:
"Credit Karma is now retrieving a different score from credit bureaus. Effective immediately, all scores will change from the 150 - 950 range to the standard 300 - 850 range. We believe this will remove any remaining confusion about the credit score and how it works."
I logged in to check and I do have a new, lower score. According to the small print under the score report it's still from TransUnion.
I just checked - The difference between the score provided by Credit Karma for me and my FICO as provided by Experian is about 35 points.
Since I wrote this post last year, Lending Club has raised their fees. The current fees are:
A - 0.75%
B - 2.50%
C - 3.00%
D - 3.50%
E - 3.50%
F - 3.50%
G - 3.50%
This makes the Credit Karma offer a slightly better deal.
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