GetSmart.com (http://www.getsmart.com), a company specializing in providing consumer and business lending services to the online community, has announced that it processed a record 50,000 loan applications during the month of August from more than a million visitors to its website.Both levels represent new highs for the loan marketplace, which launched in late 1996. GetSmart's marketplace includes home loans, credit cards, debt consolidation products, auto loans and leases, student loans and small business financing. The site includes loan offerings from more than 100 lenders.
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