Tagged: funding xchange

April 14, 2024 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Barclays has reportedly led Funding Xchange’s (FXE) Series B round, which is said to be open to a number of FXE clients. The fundraising is bringing together key investors and will aim to enhance FXE and its ability to drive ecosystem adoption. This reportedly includes… Read More

July 10, 2021 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After selling its proprietary lending technology to banking institutions, Funding Xchange has decided to launch an FXE Technology unit. The FXE Technology division for lenders will offer affordability and eligibility assessments, along with portfolio monitoring services after loans have been issued. Funding Xchange Co-founder and… Read More

October 19, 2020 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Xchange, a marketplace for UK lenders, has published its Q4 Monitor Report on SME lending and, according to its research, there are signs of a “tentative” recovery in the UK. As one may anticipate, SME lending tanked as COVID consumed the world. In fact,… Read More

June 28, 2020 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Funding Xchange (FXE), a Fintech that helps people and organizations find suitable business loans and funding options from its marketplace of more than 45 established lenders, is teaming up with Enterprise Nation, a UK-based community of SMBs and advisers that aim to provide a… Read More

April 21, 2020 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Funding Xchange (FXE), a UK-based fintech that helps people and organizations find suitable business loans and funding options from its marketplace of more than 45 established lenders, announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with Experian to launch an online service for banks… Read More

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