We’re pleased to report strong interest and healthy registration numbers following the launch of our Innovative Finance Individual Savings Account (IFISA). We’ll have news of property-backed loans and other offerings on site very soon. Meanwhile, the path to market is becoming better-trodden. Our friends at P2P Finance News report the opening of a new avenue […]
The hot topic in the peer-to-peer (P2P) sector is undoubtedly the advent of the Innovative Finance Individual Savings Account (IFISA). IFISAs allow individuals to make tax-free investments of £15,240 per annum, and they are expected to greatly increase the popularity and the visibility of the P2P sector. As regular visitors to this News section will […]
We’ve been promising readers and registered lenders exciting news for some time. Here it is: Money&Co. has now received its full Financial Conduct Authority approval. This means that we will be able to offer the Innovative Finance Individual Savings Account (IFISA) shortly. This requires some systems work, and we are endeavouring to complete this as […]
The Brexit debate certainly polarises opinion. To paraphrase Shakespeare: there’s nothing good or bad, but that the saying makes it so. But at last, some cold hard facts – we still believe in facts her at Money&Co., post-truth politics or not – are beginning to emerge. Our friends at P2P Finance News report a Brexit-driven […]
The savings plan season is just getting into full swing. In the first three months of the year, just ahead of the new tax year in early April, there’s often a glut of investment money chasing tax-efficient investment products. Chief amongst these is the Individual Savings Account (ISA) and now also the ISA’s new offshoot, […]
The American writer P.J. O’Rourke is shortly to publish a reprise of recent US political history entitled What The Hell Happened? Events in our peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sub-sector of crowdfunding have been somewhat less sensational (at least in the UK, where the problems experienced by leading P2P player Lending Club have had less impact). Here’s […]
The decision to keep interest rates on hold has had predictable effects in the financial-services industry, and amongst the media covering the sector. It is true to say that low rates are bad news for savers with cash in bank and building society deposit accounts. Our friends at Peer2Peer Finance News put it this way: […]
We are delighted to welcome a new player on the alternative-finance media scene. A warm hello to P2P Finance News. Here’s a recent interview given by Money&Co.’s CEO, Nicola Horlick, to editor and founder Suzie Neuwirth: “CITY veteran Nicola Horlick has said that, despite 33 years investing in the stock market as one of the UK’s […]