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Post by sl75 on Dec 1, 2015 16:15:55 GMT
Now that the loan book has more than 100 entries, can we please have a "Show All" option (preferably one that remembers the setting between sessions). ... or failing that an option for (say) 500 entries (the same as on Funding Circle), that'll kick it out far enough into the long grass that by the time it becomes an issue again it'll be perfectly reasonably to refuse to increase it further.
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Post by lynnanthony on Dec 1, 2015 17:54:05 GMT
Now that the loan book has more than 100 entries, can we please have a "Show All" option (preferably one that remembers the setting between sessions). ... or failing that an option for (say) 500 entries (the same as on Funding Circle), that'll kick it out far enough into the long grass that by the time it becomes an issue again it'll be perfectly reasonably to refuse to increase it further. One of the things that fascinates me about P2P and the discussions here is the multitude of modus operandi we lenders operate. For my part on a regular basis all I'm interested in is the loans I'm in and the up and coming loans. I think I once ploughed through all the loans, setting targets or not according to my judgement. I'm puzzled why anyone needs to see all the loan book so regularly that a 100 cut off is an issue? (I'm not knocking it; different strokes for different folks.)
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Post by mikes1531 on Dec 1, 2015 22:17:01 GMT
I'm puzzled why anyone needs to see all the loan book so regularly that a 100 cut off is an issue? Between having been with AC for a long time and trying hard to diversify, I am keeping my eye on more than 100 loans. It is a small pain to find the list spread over two pages, and downright frustrating that periodically when I am looking at the bottom of the list and I hit the Refresh button I find that the part of the page I was looking at disappears because the option has been reset to 50. I then have to PageUp numerous times in order to change that setting back to 100 and then PageDown even more times to get back to where I was -- by which time I've probably forgotten what the old number was that I was wanting to see how much it had changed by!
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Post by Steerpike on Dec 1, 2015 23:27:58 GMT
I'm puzzled why anyone needs to see all the loan book so regularly that a 100 cut off is an issue? Between having been with AC for a long time and trying hard to diversify, I am keeping my eye on more than 100 loans. It is a small pain to find the list spread over two pages, and downright frustrating that periodically when I am looking at the bottom of the list and I hit the Refresh button I find that the part of the page I was looking at disappears because the option has been reset to 50. I then have to PageUp numerous times in order to change that setting back to 100 and then PageDown even more times to get back to where I was -- by which time I've probably forgotten what the old number was that I was wanting to see how much it had changed by! I'm not sure what type of device you are using but I think that PageUp/Down implies a proper keyboard, in which case, perhaps <ctrl-home> and <ctrl-end> may be quicker than multiple PageUp/Down depressions?
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Post by sl75 on Dec 2, 2015 10:21:08 GMT
... or failing that an option for (say) 500 entries (the same as on Funding Circle), that'll kick it out far enough into the long grass that by the time it becomes an issue again it'll be perfectly reasonably to refuse to increase it further. One of the things that fascinates me about P2P and the discussions here is the multitude of modus operandi we lenders operate. For my part on a regular basis all I'm interested in is the loans I'm in and the up and coming loans. I think I once ploughed through all the loans, setting targets or not according to my judgement. I'm puzzled why anyone needs to see all the loan book so regularly that a 100 cut off is an issue? (I'm not knocking it; different strokes for different folks.) For me, for the most frequent use case, having all the loans on a single page allows use of the built-in browser search facility Ctrl-F to find a specific loan, which is far quicker than using the AC search box, and also allows me to go direct from one to another, keeping the "list of loans" open in one tab and the statement (telling me which loan I need to click on next) on another tab. On the default view of 50 per page, there's about a 50/50 chance that the loan I want to click on will be on the current page. Once there are more than a low number of hundreds of loans, it will probably become quicker to use the built-in search than have a huge list in a single browser tab. Perhaps what I'd really want is the loan name/number in the statement to be a clickable link though?
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Post by shimself on Dec 2, 2015 10:39:52 GMT
Sorting on the last activity date column does it for me
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Post by warn on Dec 2, 2015 19:54:53 GMT
Main advantage for me of "Live Loans" over "Your Loans" is that the former shows units available. Perhaps not breathtaking at the moment (£3 of Po**??), but one lives in hope and expectation...
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Post by bigfoot12 on Dec 12, 2015 12:32:19 GMT
I suggest that in 2016 you bring at least 3-4 new loans to the platform each week.
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Post by ianj on Dec 15, 2015 17:42:12 GMT
Its the time of year for roasting chestnuts... .....so here's an old, and recurring, chestnut. I emailed AC to complain about this and ask they consider reinstating the old functionality to set a target by a loan level switch which will auto generate or add to an existing buy order to restore the target which shouldn't be too difficult to achieve (says I). To me the new way is just bloody annoying as every month I have to get the calculator out and adjust buy orders or whatever they are called on any loan I want to keep a set target. I've already said that we'll give you an option in the next couple of weeks for doing so, whereby a buy order will maintain a particular holding in a loan even as it amortises. ........... Any chance this might make a welcome appearance in our collective Christmas stocking? |
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Post by chris on Dec 15, 2015 19:05:15 GMT
Its the time of year for roasting chestnuts... .....so here's an old, and recurring, chestnut. I've already said that we'll give you an option in the next couple of weeks for doing so, whereby a buy order will maintain a particular holding in a loan even as it amortises. ........... Any chance this might make a welcome appearance in our collective Christmas stocking? Unfortunately not, will be January at the earliest. I've been flat out on a huge CRM upgrade behind the scenes aimed at bringing some more efficiency to the sales process. That is nearing completion from my point of view though, in terms of actual coding, so hopefully I'll find some time in January to finish this one off.
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Dec 16, 2015 9:15:24 GMT
Its the time of year for roasting chestnuts... .....so here's an old, and recurring, chestnut. Any chance this might make a welcome appearance in our collective Christmas stocking? Unfortunately not, will be January at the earliest. I've been flat out on a huge CRM upgrade behind the scenes aimed at bringing some more efficiency to the sales process. That is nearing completion from my point of view though, in terms of actual coding, so hopefully I'll find some time in January to finish this one off. I thought you'd be flat out on ISA's. Oh no why did I say that, you'll now have to go and do ISA's instead leaving de-amortizing loans... 
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Post by chris on Dec 16, 2015 9:17:41 GMT
Unfortunately not, will be January at the earliest. I've been flat out on a huge CRM upgrade behind the scenes aimed at bringing some more efficiency to the sales process. That is nearing completion from my point of view though, in terms of actual coding, so hopefully I'll find some time in January to finish this one off. I thought you'd be flat out on ISA's. Oh no why did I say that, you'll now have to go and do ISA's instead leaving de-amortizing loans... Nothing has come through to the technical team on ISAs yet, so not on my personal radar.
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Post by shimself on Dec 17, 2015 18:59:50 GMT
Its the time of year for roasting chestnuts... .....so here's an old, and recurring, chestnut. emailed AC to complain about this and ask they consider reinstating the old functionality to set a target by a loan level switch which will auto generate or add to an existing buy order to restore the target which shouldn't be too difficult to achieve (says I). To me the new way is just bloody annoying as every month I have to get the calculator out and adjust buy orders or whatever they are called on any loan I want to keep a set target. Just to say that's the last thing I would want - the joy of amortising loans is that the risk diminishes with each payment. Each to their own I 'spose...
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Post by ianj on Dec 17, 2015 20:07:47 GMT
Its the time of year for roasting chestnuts... .....so here's an old, and recurring, chestnut. emailed AC to complain about this and ask they consider reinstating the old functionality to set a target by a loan level switch which will auto generate or add to an existing buy order to restore the target which shouldn't be too difficult to achieve (says I). To me the new way is just bloody annoying as every month I have to get the calculator out and adjust buy orders or whatever they are called on any loan I want to keep a set target. Just to say that's the last thing I would want - the joy of amortising loans is that the risk diminishes with each payment. Each to their own I 'spose... The important point that you've so obviously missed is that prior to the last 'improvement', lenders could make their holding amortise simply by suspending investment in any given loan, while and those wishing to maintain a consistent level of investment could do so without the constant requirement of deleting investment orders , simply to replace them with an updated version. All investor's requirements were catered for, and it was possible to amortised some , but not others, as desired, and with no further action required. If regression to a lower level of functionality, and investor choice, was your objective, then 'three cheers' is in order, as mission has unfortunately been accomplished! 
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Post by mikes1531 on Dec 17, 2015 20:36:24 GMT
Just to say that's the last thing I would want - the joy of amortising loans is that the risk diminishes with each payment. Each to their own I 'spose... I agree that an amortising loan's risk decreases with each payment. So the last thing I want is for my investment to shrink as payments are made. I'd much rather that my investment in that loan increased as it amortised.
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