It’s time to “wake up and smell the coffee” for investors and savers, according to a report from our friends at P2P Finance News. A recent article (from which we run an extended excerpt below) reports on troubling times for income-dependent savers: “Savers are being urged to “wake up and smell the coffee” as inflation hit […]
Hello again! We’re back after half a day offline for a technical overhaul. Thanks to readers, users, lenders, borrowers and visitors for your patience. Today, we revisit a familiar space. We often take a friendly peek over the other side of the crowdfuding fence at our equity-raising cousins. Money&Co. does debt crowdfunding, which is the […]
We’re settling in to the new tax year, with its enhanced Individual Savings Account (ISA) allowance (see below), and enjoying what looks like the start of a new era. “It’s fair to say we’ve seen a step change in the demand for peer-to-peer (P2P) lending,” says Money&Co.’s CEO, Nicola Horlick. “The figures aren’t announced yet, […]
Crowdfundinsider reports on a recent financial technology conference, where participants expressed some concern at the possible effects of Brexit on London’s future as a major FinTech hub. “Observers in London see a paradox at the heart of today’s financial technology sector. If fintech is all about playing the cutting edge and disrupting the mainstream, how […]
We’re pleased to see it’s not just crowdfunding that’s getting its act together and forming bodies to establish and enforce good practice (our trade organisation of choice is the UK Crowdfunding Association). Our friends at Bridging & Commercial bring news of alternative lenders coming together in their own interest, and the interest of the small […]
The alternative finance industry is only just beginning to get the kind of coverage and commentary it deserves. One of thee most interesting from the mainstream media is Anthony Hilton. While we don ‘t always agree always with what6 Mr Hilton says, his views are always pithily expressed, and his arguments tend to be based […]
The Times runs a feature on the status of Money&Co., which reported a loss – not unusually for an early-stage FinTech business – in its last filed accounts. An excerpt from the article, which can be viewed in full by Times subscribers, is reproduced below. “Ms Horlick said that fresh investment had put [Money&Co.] on […]
Peer-to-peer (P2P) business loans are rapidly becoming better known and more widely accepted as an asset class. A knock-on effect of this is that the providers of loans, ie platforms such as Money&Co., are being taken very seriously. Risk.net reports that asset managers are weighing investment in companies in the sector. Risk.Net “Buy-siders are looking […]
Our communications director, award-winning author and journalist, Martin Baker, makes some (slightly scary) calls for 2017, examines what he got right and wrong in his 2016 predictions, and offers readers a chance to have advance notice of the publication of his latest book. See Blog latest. Loan Latest Our latest loan offering, from webuyanyhome.com, is A+ […]
Happy New Year to all our lenders, borrowers and readers. 2017 promises exciting times as Money&Co. develops new offerings and attractive new lines of business. Loan Latest Our latest loan offering, from webuyanyhome.com, is A+ rated, and is property-backed – ie, it is secured against property. It is currently 55 per cent funded, with a gross […]