Tagged: united kingdom

December 14, 2015 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Abundance has just paid investors, an bi-annual event with one payment occuring towards the end of each year. The renewable energy funding platform states it paid £312,000 to 1700 investors in 6 of 15 projects financed to date. This brings the… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 8:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has posted a public request for feedback on regulation in the context of the social investment market.  The FCA defines social investment as “investments where the aim is to provide a wider social benefit, rather than the primary driver being… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, the world’s largest P2P mortgage platform, has published its UK Buy to Let (BTL) Index tracking the changes in yields, gains and trends. LendInvest is incorporating data since 2010 to help highlight perspective.  According to the company, there persists interesting differences within regional UK markets…. Read More

December 11, 2015 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, the European Investment Fund (EIF) and iwoca have signed their first COSME agreement in the UK to help a greater number of SMEs gain access to finance. The initiative benefits from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) through which the… Read More

December 11, 2015 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Zano, a drone project on Kickstarter, appeared to embrace it’s own demise.  A month after announcing its intent to ship the Zano drones, the Torquing Group (Zano creators), announced it was heading into receivership and all was lost. Zano was the largest UK Kickstarter campaign… Read More

December 11, 2015 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, the largest peer to peer lending platform in the UK, is reportedly working with JP Morgan to raise £70 million giving the company a £500 million valuation. Zopa was the first P2P lender in the UK and pioneered the concept that has been embraced… Read More

December 10, 2015 @ 10:55 pm By Dom Wolf  |  

A year goes quick, doesn’t it? Before you know it I’ll be dusting off the crystal ball and attempting to offer wisdom to predict the top trends in to watch NEXT year. But before we do that, I thought I’d take a look at how… Read More

December 10, 2015 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, peer-to-peer lending platform Lending Works released a new report that revealed a large proportion (27%) of its customers didn’t know how much interest they were paying on their debt before taking out a debt consolidation loan with the peer-to-peer lender. Of those respondents that were… Read More

December 8, 2015 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its ongoing quest to promote competition within the financial services sector, has announced upcoming rules designed to improve the plight of consumers who save money in banks.  From December 2016, financial firms will be required to provide specific… Read More

December 7, 2015 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off its new How to Crowdfund series, crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK revealed the first step to using the funding method. The Crowdfunder UK team stated: “Most of the actual exposure and building of a movement around the project should happen outside the crowdfunding platform before the… Read More

December 7, 2015 @ 10:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, crowdfunding platform Tilt shared details about its expansion in the UK. It first surfaced in the country this past July. The Tilt team revealed: “Back in July, we nipped across the pond to bring Tilt to the UK for the first time. Now, as… Read More

December 6, 2015 @ 6:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

THE DEFINITIVE MARKETPLACE FOR THE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY! In London alone annual fintech revenue is estimated at £20bn and growing. Of this, £3.6bn is attributed to emergent (disruptive) FinTech whilst the other £16.4bn is generated by incumbent players. Everyone is innovating and investment in the space has erupted at all levels of the… Read More

December 5, 2015 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK has just released figures showing that 27.1% of central government purchasing was with small business in the past fiscal year.  According to the report, 10.9% was directly with SME’s and 16.2% was through the supply chain.  This tops the goal set by Parliament… Read More

December 4, 2015 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, award-winning Stourton brand, Cotswold Distillery, announced the launch of its first crowdfunding project on Crowdbnk, known as Angels’ Share, to raise a minimum of £500,500. The company, which was founded in 2013 and began operations in September 2014, produces maturing stocks of whisky at the… Read More

December 4, 2015 @ 5:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Pod Point, a UK based charge point suppliers for electric vehicles that claims to be leading the European market, is nearing its targeted funding goal of £1.75 million. The “Electric Equity” plus “Open Charge Bond”, has offered a minimum of £250,000 in a 8% bond… Read More

December 4, 2015 @ 3:54 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest has appointed Steve Larkin to craft a new property finance product to target the sub £10 million development loan market, a sector of property finance currently under-served by traditional lenders.  LendInvest, the largest peer to peer property lender in the world, has sees a… Read More

December 2, 2015 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Mexican food chain Chilango has closed its funding round on Crowdcube at £3,433,010 topping its original target of £1 million.  Chilango gained approximately 1300 new shareholders as the investors purchased an 8.72% stake in the firm.  Crowdcube states the single largest investment during the equity… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ready to offer up key advice on using the crowdfunding method, crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK announced it is launching a 7-week feature known as How To Crowdfund. As part of the first installment, Crowdfunder UK shared six steps to crowdfunding success: “Crowdfunding is a way to… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England (BOE) announced the extension of the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) that was designed to provide easier access to capital for SMEs.  The BoE stated the program will provide lenders with continued certainty over the availability of cheap funding to support lending… Read More

November 30, 2015 @ 7:27 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a peer to peer mortgage lender, states it has helped to add over 1200 properties to the UK housing stock since the beginning of 2015.  This is almost double the figure year prior.  LendInvest is now the 4th largest P2P lender in the UK…. Read More