Ratesetter is just a supermarket where you met the fellow, and where you agreed to meet up to collect repayments. One can loose money with any bonds. I.e. currently many bonds have negative yield, meaning you lend £110 quid, only to get £90 back in capital and £10 of interest which in total is less than original money spent! More @Wikipedia
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