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bombcartoday at 4:43 PM1 replyview on HN

Once you get outside of things that are highly standardized (like home loans to individuals) you quickly find out that no matter how regulated, finance is done on a handshake.


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cs702today at 5:28 PM

That's true, but only to a point. Due diligence is not uncommon, especially with more traditional forms of credit.

I resorted to the mortgage-lending analogy so others could quickly grok what multi-pledging means.