Tag Archives: lenders

Business Breakfast At Money&Co.

Toby Furnivall, a senior credit analyst, opines – and Nicola wonders who the photographer is!  This week saw the first of a series of breakfasts hosted by Money&Co. for lenders and potential lenders. Held in our Mayfair offices, Nicola Horlick and the Money&Co. team were able to meet the force that makes the crowdfunding business […]

FCA Warns Equity Crowdfunders

Equity deals – especially start-ups – concern the FCA Financial trade press outlet Money Marketing reports that the Financial Conduct Authority is “concerned potential investors do not fully understand the risks of crowdfunding”. Money&Co. shares that concern. When you lend money, your capital – despite the rigorous credit analysis to which all our borrowing companies […]

YES-secure: A Cautionary Tale

 Make sure their houses are in order A crowdfunding platform has failed – providing a lesson for would-be investors, crowdfund platofrms, regulators, and all in the industry. The first, and most obvious point is the simplest: just because a platform calls it self “secure’, that may not really be the case.  “YES-secure is the most […]