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The Alternative Finance market provides an example of how technology – coupled with a real awareness of a gap in the existing market – can drive rapid change. And it’s a change that has brought benefits to both businesses seeking capital – by creating another source of funding – and investors who can benefit from…
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As 2018 draws to a close, the Alternative Finance revolution is showing no sign of losing momentum. Witness the latest update from the P2P Finance Association. According to the trade body, new lending to businesses by its members totalled £750m in the second quarter of 2018. Net lending to SMEs came in at around…
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One way or another, all the uncertainty that has been generated by the Brexit process has to come to an end. We’re not quite there yet, of course. Even the conclusion of the first stage of negotiations on the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from Europe is just the beginning of a process. If…
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The world of property development has its own well-established finance ecosystem – one in which banks and also specialist lenders provide a range of funding options to investors, developers and entrepreneurs. And that is good news for anyone preparing plans for an investment in the buy-to-let market or something more ambitious – perhaps…
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Property development opportunities take many forms, so naturally enough, there are also numerous finance options. When preparing to borrow to fund a project, it’s important not only to match the source of finance to the project, but also to think about what the lender will require before signing off on a deal. So depending on…
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Barclays has announced plans to partner with MarketInvoice, in a move that will also see the banking giant taking a minority stake in the online business lender. Established in 2011, MarketInvoice offers a variation on the invoice discounting theme by enabling businesses to borrow against their debtor books via an online platform connecting them…
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Britain’s ‘buy to let’ boom has encouraged huge numbers of people to invest in residential property as a means to secure income and growth. On the face of it, the ‘buy to let’ market is dominated by relatively unambitious investors. According to a Council of Mortgage Lenders report (The Profile of Private Landlords) around 60%…
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Back in January of this year, merchant bank, Close Brothers published a survey suggesting that just over a quarter of UK SMEs felt they were not being served by their high street banks. In particular, the survey identified a perception that traditional banks lacked the specialist knowledge required to effectively support their small business customers.…
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Peer-to-Peer lending platform Funding Circle has announced that retail investors will no longer have access to a downloadable loanbook. Instead – in a switch to quarterly reporting – data on loans will be made available through a new statistics page, which will be updated every three months. Signalling the change via its corporate blog, Funding…
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Millennials – loosely defined as those who came of age around the turn of the century – are widely seen as the principal early adopters of finance and bank apps, but according to data published by by Robo.cash, they are among Europe’s most enthusiastic investors via Peer to Peer lending sites. Until relatively recently,…
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