Monthly Archives: May 2015

Two Major Players Help Discover The Power Of The Crowd

The Discovering The Power Of The Crowd conference line-up certainly underscored its stellar status in the world of alternative finance with the addition to the speakers’ list of Goncalo de Vasconcelos, the co-founder of crowdfunding equity platform, Syndicate Room. As well as leading his award-winning business, Goncalo is a former academic and a respected contributor to […]

Analysing Crowdfund Analysts – And New Addition To Conference Line-Up

Scaremongering or far-sighted commentary? In the latest Money Matters blog, we take a look at the reporting of what’s going on in the US peer-to-peer (P2P) crowdfunding sub-sector. In addition, we believe “there’s a lot to be written about the similarities and differences between the older (yet in many ways less mature) US P2P crowdfunding […]

Crowdfunding Securitisation Scares On Wall Street – True Or False?

If a thing is worth saying once… well, it’s probably worth saying again. The Bloomberg media empire has run two stories in a fortnight on the peer-to-peer (P2P) sub-sector of crowdfunding in the United States. It’s not so much commenting on the business of US P2P crowdfunding as its valuation, and specifically the machinations of […]

Bringing Businesses And People Together – Plus Conference Latest

Our misson at Money&Co. is to bring people together with businesses. The idea is to provide borrowing businesses with the capital they need to grow, and to obtain an excellent return for our lenders. The average return for Money&Co. lenders so far is 8.8 per cent. Our vetting process for borrowers is conservative: we require […]

Discovering The Power Of The Crowd – Remarkable Conference Line-Up

Leading financial media organisation, City A.M., crowdfunding data benchmarker, CrowdneticUK, and alternative finance intelligence platform, Another Crowd, are pleased to announce the line-up for a ground-breaking conference on crowdfunding to be held at London’s Royal Automobile Club on 28 May. The conference (you can book here – with a £40 CityAM reader discount) will feature Money&Co.’s […]

EC Moves To Regulate Reward Crowdfunding – And Syndicate Room Joins Conference Line-Up

Troubling news for our cousins in the rewards-based sub-sector of crowdfunding. The Financial Times reports that “the European Commission is seeking to impose value added tax on rewards from crowdfunding – prompting warnings that the levy could prevent start-ups from using this accessible form of alternative finance. “Proposals to levy the purchase tax on crowdfunding […]

Money&Co. Heading North On Crowdfunding Tour

The business publication Business Quarter features a piece by North-East lawyer Richard Butts of Ward Hadaway. The article is clearly written, and offers a tour of the crowdfunding world, and the opportunities it represents for small businesses. Its primary focus is on bringing people and businesses together via peer-to-peer business lending – in other words, […]

Were We Voting With Our Wallets? Plus: The Power Of The Crowd

Was last week’s surprise General Election result really all about the voters’ wallets? All we can say with any certainty is that the pollsters got it wrong, and the Conservatives have what looks to be a workable majority in government. As far as Money&Co. lenders and borrowers are concerned the new Conservative government looks to […]

Discovering the Power of the Crowd With CityAM and CrowdneticUK

Leading financial media organisation, City A.M., crowdfunding data benchmarker, CrowdneticUK, and alternative finance intelligence platform, Another Crowd, are pleased to announce the line-up for a ground-breaking conference on crowdfunding to be held at London’s Royal Automobile Club on 28th May. “The basic idea is to provide a high concentration of top-quality individuals and companies in […]

Happy Birthday To You, P2P Lenders And Borrowers!

At Money&Co., we’re very young players in a crowdfunding industry that isn’t exactly a veteran itself. We’ve been operating for under two years as a business, and actively facilitating loans for fourteen months. The business of putting our lenders together with businesses that need capital for growth is very satisfying. Our latest loans have several […]