Tagged: funding xchange

November 19, 2019 @ 7:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Xchange (FXE), a company that helps people and organizations find suitable business loans and funding options from its marketplace of more than 45 established lenders, has raised £8 million (appr. $10.4 million) through an investment round. FXE’s decisioning platform is used by UK-based Monzo, a… Read More

October 1, 2019 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Xchange says that borrowing costs for some UK businesses are dropping. Funding Xchange tracks the activity of 40 lenders specialising in small business lending. According to their forthcoming “SME Lending Monitor,” 60% of businesses with a reasonably good credit profile are able to access… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

As in most parts of the world, smaller businesses drive the bulk of job growth in the UK. Over 99% of all UK businesses are SMEs employing 0-249 people and 96% (approximately 5.5 million) are micro-businesses employing up to 9 people, accounting for 33% of… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

A year ago today, the UK government launched a program that required banks to forward referrals of businesses that had been denied a loan. Nine of the UKs largest banks were compelled to share the info with Funding XChange, Business Finance Compared and Funding Options…. Read More

November 1, 2016 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

As expected, the HM Treasury has announced that big banks must now pass on the details of SMEs rejected for loans to three finance platforms: Funding Xchange, Funding Options and Business Finance Compared. These three platforms will then disseminate the information to alternative finance providers… Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 10:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Options, a one-stop shop for SME finance, has been recommended for designation for the Bank Referral Scheme. Funding Options is a portfolio company of GLI Finance, an AIM listed company that controls multiple alternative finance platforms. In the Budget revealed earlier today, the Chancellor… Read More