# How safe is it for T212 to lend out our share money? **URL:** \ **Category:** 📊 Investing\ **Created:** [October 29, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/how-safe-is-it-for-t212-to-lend-out-our-share-money/24438 "2020-10-29T14:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Tony.V](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/tony.v/32/21437_2.png) [@Tony.V](https://community.trading212.com/u/Tony.V)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/how-safe-is-it-for-t212-to-lend-out-our-share-money/24438/2 "2020-10-29T14:35:09Z")
It’s a standard practice & its completely safe. ✌ All information can be found below: > [@Securities Lending](https://community.trading212.com/t/securities-lending/6783): > > We’re considering taking the next step to make our unique zero-commission, zero-fee investing service even more sustainable. A fairly common practice amongst brokers is to lend out the securities of their clients to other market participants who’d like to borrow them for short selling. For the clients lending the shares, the benefits may be slim to none, due to the extremely low borrow rates, but for the broker holding the bulk of shares, the pennies add up & can make the difference between los… > **[Share Lending in Invest – Trading 212](https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/sections/360003157957-Share-Lending)** > [@Security Lending Protection](https://community.trading212.com/t/security-lending-protection/21818/5): > > @freezefrank What is the typical / limit ‘fraction’ of total stock hodling that can be lent? Everything, there’s no limit. If there’s demand, it’ll be lent out. Could you give an example of what kind of stress scenario IB will be able to handle before a failure to deliver? They’ve been able to handle everything happened thus far, which is quite impressive, considering what’s happened in the markets. Never since the service has been initiated have they had trouble meeting obligations. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.trading212.com/t/how-safe-is-it-for-t212-to-lend-out-our-share-money/24438)._