Hoffman, Philip T.  <br/><br/>
Dark matter credit: The development of peer-to-preer lending and banking in France 

 - New Jersey  Princeton University Press  2019 
 - vii, 303 p.   Includes bibliographical reference and index 
<br/><br/> Dark Matter Credit traces how this extensive private network outcompeted banks and thrived prior to World War I—not just in France but in Britain, Germany, and the United States—until killed off by government intervention after 1918. Overturning common assumptions about banks and economic growth, the book paints a revealing picture of an until-now hidden market of thousands of peer-to-peer loans made possible by a network of brokers who matched lenders with borrowers and certified the borrowers’ creditworthiness. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691182179 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Textual