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BRIEF: FundingCircle Loans £12.5 Million To UK Small Businesses In October

Lending-based platform Funding Circle recently shared a breakdown of statistics from October. Among revelations in the post: £12.5 million loaned to UK businesses last month alone. Over £3 million was lent to businesses across the UK last week, contributing to a total of £12.5 million… Read More

UAE’s Financial Platform Ziina Reports $22M Series A Round

Ziina, the UAE’s financial platform supporting consumers and businesses, announced that it has raised $22 million in a Series A round led by Altos Ventures. Other investors participating in this investment round reportedly “include Fintech Collective, Avenir Growth, Activant Capital, Y Combinator, FJ Labs, MEVP,… Read More

Funding Circle Receives 7(a) SBLC License from US Small Business Administration

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), the online platform for small business loans, announced that we have received a formal notice from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) that their application has “resulted in a tentative award for an SBA Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) license to… Read More

UK’s Funding Circle Appoints Kanthi Muthiah As US Chief Product Officer

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), which claims to be a leading online lending platform for small business borrowers, recently announced that Kanthi Muthiah has joined the company as U.S. Chief Product Officer. Kanthi, a former FICO, PayPal, and JP Morgan executive, will “support overall product strategy and… Read More

UK’s Funding Circle Facilitates £240M Securitization of Investor’s SME Loan Portfolio

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH),which claims to be the UK’s largest small business lending platform, and Waterfall Asset Management (WAM), a multi-national institutional asset manager, announce “the closing of a £240m securitization backed by SME loans.” The loans, “financed by funds managed by WAM, and originated… Read More

Resilience Becomes More Relevant for UK SMEs, Funding Circle Report Reveals

A report published by the UK’s small business lending platform, Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), in partnership with insights consultancy Savanta, looks at “how resilience for small businesses and the impact of staff wellbeing is more important now than ever before.” Small businesses have “been hard… Read More

UK SMEs Demonstrate Resilience as they Prepare for Future Business Operations, Research Reveals

New research— recently published by Oxford Economics and in partnership with Funding Circle (LSE:FCH), including a detailed survey of Funding Circle customers—reveals UK SMEs’ durability, with 58% of respondents “saying their experience of dealing with the pandemic’s challenges has made their business more resilient.” Over… Read More

Funding Circle, Bayview Asset Management Announce Lending Partnership

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), which claims to be the UK’s largest small business lending platform, and Bayview Asset Management, an investment management firm headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, announced a lending partnership that is “targeting the provision of £700m funding to small businesses over an 18… Read More

Funding Circle Appoints Bruno Tavares as VP of Engineering

Funding Circle, which claims to be the United Kingdom’s largest small business loan platform, recently announced the appointment of Bruno Tavares as VP of Engineering. Bruno has “a strong background in technology, built on more than twenty years of industry experience.” He has “a clear… Read More

Funding Circle Enhances Worker Benefits with £500 “Money To Do More” Allowance

This month, Funding Circle, one of the UK’s largest small business loan platforms, has refreshed its ‘Money To Do More’ scheme “with enhanced benefits for Funding Circle employees, known as Circlers.” The company has “set aside £300k this year, with each of Funding Circle’s 600… Read More

Funding Circle Appoints New MD to Lead FlexiPay Expansion

Funding Circle recently appointed a new Managing Director to lead FlexiPay expansion. Funding Circle, which claims to be one the UK’s largest small business loan platforms, confirmed the appointment of Jerome Fernandez as Managing Director, FlexiPay. FlexiPay is described as “the first short-term finance product… Read More

UK’s Funding Circle and Waterfall Asset Management Launch £1B Lending Partnership

The partnership will leverage the platform’s machine learning capabilities “to deploy new funding to UK small businesses over a two-year period.” Funding Circle, which claims to be the UK’s largest small business loan platform, and Waterfall, an institutional asset manager, recently announced their lending partnership… Read More

Funding Circle Receives Recovery Loan Scheme Accreditation

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  Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the U.S. and parts of Europe, recently announced it received accreditation under the British Business Bank’s Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). Funding Circle reported that RLS loans will be offered alongside the platform’s… Read More

Funding Circle Announces £300 Million Lending Partnership With Atom Bank

  Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the U.S. and parts of Europe, announced on Friday it has teamed up with Atom Bank to provide £300 million of new funding to small businesses. Through the collaboration, Atom will use… Read More

All Non-Essential UK Retail Businesses May Reopen from April 12, 2021, Funding Circle Confirms while Sharing Other Small Business Tips

Online lender Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) recently noted in blog to its small business customers what the roadmap out of the COVID-19 lockdown means for small businesses. On February 22, 2021, the UK government announced its “highly anticipated” four-phase roadmap out of the Coronavirus-related lockdown —… Read More

UK’s CBILS Scheme has Become Viable Investment Opportunity for Credit Funds and Specialty Lenders

An article from Global Capital notes that more securitizations of United Kingdom government-backed SME loans are being carried out in private. Last month, Funding Circle had reportedly finalized a deal with Sixth Street and Barclays. Since the UK’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) was… Read More

Loans Sold by Funding Circle to Azzurro Associates May Get Scrutiny: Report

Online lender Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) has apparently sold 300 individual loans to Azzurro Associates, a subsidiary of  Elliott Management, a US-based fund manager with approximately $41 billion in assets. The sale of these loans may garner additional regulatory scrutiny as they include personal guarantees from… Read More

Online SME Lender Funding Circle Comments on CBILS Deadline Extension, Explains How to Apply

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, notes that the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) was originally scheduled to end on September 30, 2020. But the UK government has confirmed that the CBILS… Read More

Online SME Lender Funding Circle Confirms BBLS and CBILS Loan Schemes Ending Soon, Explains How to Apply

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, notes that the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) will be ending in early November of this year. The BBLS has been provided via the British Business Bank… Read More

SME Lender Funding Circle Reports that Millions of UK Consumers have Switched to Local Businesses

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, recently noted that as the Coronavirus-related lockdown measures are eased, many businesses in the United Kingdom are preparing to open up again. However, even for businesses that… Read More

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