The story of mergers and acquisitions in the financial technology (FinTech) sector has, as they say, “legs”. Yesterday we brought you news of a survey predicting much corporate activity in FinTech, and today sees the finalisation of an important deal the market already knew about. It’s symptomatic of the fast-growing, rapidly changing and very exciting […]
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new loan offering on site from an established borrower. The GH5 loan is a fixed-rate 8 per cent yield for a three-year term. Below we offer an extended excerpt from the borrower’s pitch (we have used our best endeavours but cannot warrant the truth of these […]
The financial technology sector is the future, no doubt of that. FinExtra reports on an initiative from a government quango, Innovate, which is funnelling money to small and medium-sized enterprises. Our current contribution is going rather well, with 23 per cent of the fixed-rate property-backed loan on offer subscribed for at the time of writing. […]
Our friends at P2P Finance News report that independent financial advisers (IFAs) s are “the most trusted source of external investment advice, but investors are still more likely to trust their own judgement, new research claims. “A survey by property finance firm Minerva Lending found that almost three quarters (72 per cent) of active investors […]
One way of investing in peer-to-peer (P2P) loans is to use an investment trust, run by a professional investment manager. There are a number of such investment trusts, vehicles quoted on the London Stock Exchange. Today, we offer some commentary on a report on figures published by one of them, and reported on by our […]
Our friends at the crowdfunding intelligence platform, Orca, point out the pleasing progress made by the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector. “Over £10 billion has been cumulatively lent across 23 UK P2P platforms. In the first half of 2017 alone, over £2 bn was invested through P2P; a result of the diverse range of products available […]
Today, we start with an update from our credit-analysis department. A major new property-backed loan is going through the final processes of documentation and fact checking, and will be on offer next week at the very latest. The word is that it’s an innovative and exciting deal sited around the property-development sector, but its asset […]
Today, we report welcome news of the increasing maturity of the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sub-sector of crowdfunding. Without reliable data, an asset class has nothing to recommend it. The mainstream agencies in financial services have been a little slow to embrace the new asset class of P2P lending. Essentially, Money&Co. facilitates loans, matching borrowers seeking […]
Cambridge-based Crowdsurfer analyses data in the alternative finance and financial technology (FinTech) sector. Its remit includes equity, bonds, SME debt, P2P and more, as it maps global trends and patterns in alternative finance. According to a recent Crowdsurfer announcement, “the P2P sector is one that continues to mature at speed, and its growth will be […]
Like all truly revolutionary ideas, it is simple. The notion of disruptive lending by bringing carefully vetted borrowers together with lenders seeking a good return on capital is peer-to-peer (P2P lending, a sub-sector of financial technology (FinTech). The sector, as a recent report by our friends at AltFi underlines, is beginning to mature. We run […]