Monthly Archives: June 2015

Please, Sir, Can We Have Some More?

There’s movement ahead as peer-to-peer (P2P) loans become accepted as mainstream assets capable of being held in an Indiovidual Savings Account (ISA) wth all the tax-benefits. Our friends at Citywire report: “HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has provided a boost to investment trusts focused on peer-to-peer lending by allowing savers to hold them in their […]

Money&Co. Joins ABF, Where SME Funding Is £6bn And Rising

It’s an undoubted truism: there’s strength in numbers. And we’re delighted to announce that today we are joining the Alternative Business Funding (ABF) hub. The ABF is now 50-strong, and describes itself as a “leading alternative-funding platform, which successfully lobbied for the new banking referral legislation – estimated to pump an additional £2 billion in business […]

Nicola Horlick Is Who’s Who Champion Of Change

Money&Co. CEO, Nicola Horlick, has won the inaugural “Who’s Who Champion of Change” award, presented by Zac Goldsmith MP at the Houses of Parliament. The Champion of Change award recognises the achievements of leading business individuals. It recognises business owners that have transformed their public profile and positioned themselves as leaders in their chosen field. […]

SMEs Must Invest – And Borrowing Is Best

Following the credit crunch, debt has become a bit of dirty word and many UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are now classed as permanent non-borrowers. Given that productivity is a big problem in the UK, this suggests that there has been a lack of investment by British companies and this is partially due to […]

Crowdfunding, Conferencing, And A Series Of Exciting Events

Next week will see a host of business developments and news events. We have new loans in the pipeline from borrowing companies currently undergoing the final stages of our rigorous credit-analysis process. There’s plenty of news to come on the industrial front – that’s the industry of crowdfunding itself – but we cannot reveal just […]

European Benchmarking Report – Cambridge The Best Judge

Mercator Advisory Group, a payments consultancy, has produced a new, if incomplete, report on our sector. Far more authoritative and comprehensive is the Moving Mainstream report, masterminded by leading Cambridge University academic, Bryan Zhang. This free report is available by clicking here. Bryan spoke at the recent Discovering The Power Of The Crowd conference, co-sponsored […]

Minimising ‘Cash Drag’ At Money&Co. Means Maximising Yield

Would it be rude to say: “Been there. Done that – ages ago?” A specialist finance media platform has swallowed a PR line from a peer-to-peer lender, which “has introduced a new range of industry-leading withdrawal options to make investors’ money work more efficiently… “Investors will be able to arrange to receive a monthly income and […]

‘No Shadows in P2P’ – Zopa Founder in Crowdfundinsider

Crowdfunding is such a young industry that the names for the things we do aren’t properly established. A common mistake is to confuse equity raises for the whole of crowdfunding. At Money&Co., we bring businesses together with people, via our high-tech platform. Lenders can get excellent returns on capital, and businesses receive the money they […]