Many online lenders have failed to detect the "stacking" of multiple loans by borrowers who slip through their automated underwriting systems, lending company executives and investors told Reuters and IFR. The practice is proliferating in the sector - led by LendingClub, OnDeck and Prosper Marketplace - because of many lenders' hurried, algorithmic underwriting, use of "soft" credit inquiries, and patchy reporting of the resulting loans to credit bureaus, according to online lending and consumer credit experts. Such loopholes, they say, can result in multiple lenders making loans to the same borrowers, often within a short period, without the full picture of their rising obligations and deteriorating ability to pay.
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