People Capital, one of the leading peer-to-peer lending platforms, has been keeping busy this past week. Here is one event and two stories in which People Capital was mentioned this past week.

• People Capital Founder & CEO, Tom Shelton will be on the panel for The Future of Private Student Loans at the International Institute for Business Information & Growth (iiBIG) seminar on the Student Loan Market & the Outlook for 2010.The event will take place on Tuesday December 8th at the Hilton Times Square in New York City.
• People Capital’s Human Capital Score was used in a CBS MoneyWatch article on The Best Route to a Rich Retirement

By far the most momentous decisions you make in building human capital are when you’re young. Projecting off estimates by People Capital, which tracks workers’ earnings history by college and by major, a student’s decision to major in a low-demand field like English rather than a higher-demand one like bio-engineering, might vaporize the equivalent of $700,000 on the spot. (Keep reading…)

• People Capital was also featured in a round up story on WalletPop.com, Top 10 Tips for College Planning:

College Planning Tip #10: Peer to peer loans. Person to person lending, or P2P is another option for college planning, cash strapped parents. You request a loan on a P2P site, and an individual lender or a group of lenders may provide the loan at an interest rate set by the site. Some P2P sites have student loan niches, while other sites focus solely on student loans. (Keep reading…)

Keep of the good work, People Capital! If you would like to learn more about P2P Student Loans check out www.People2Capital.com.