We report on the progress of this platform’s latest offering (an A+ proposition from webuyanyhomes) – see below). And we thought it opportune to provide one of our regular refreshers on how to lend to our carefully vetted borrowing companies. It is not a one-stage process. Investors who buy a fund or make a cash […]
Gender equality in finance has been a hot topic for decades – while equality remains far from being attained. Fast Company reports the latest research. The data indicate that we still have a long way to go. In 2019, less than 3% of all VC funds went to women-led companies, more than 90% of all decision-makers at VC […]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s much-anticipated bounce-back loans scheme is open for applications as of yesterday. The SME Web has detail. Delivered exclusively by lenders accredited by the British Business Bank, the scheme, announced on April 27, specifically targets small and micro businesses in all sectors, providing loans from £2,000 up to 25 per cent of their […]
Marvellous diction from Crowdfundinsider in a piece suggesting equity crowdfunding will replace venture capital, post-Covid-19 era. Nurture those abandoned sprouts, folks… The piece is focused mainly in the US, but the themes are universal. As VC funding dries up Equity Crowdfunding (EC) is ideally positioned to nurture the abandoned sprouts. Since the VC industry was […]
Hello. Today, we are very happy to let our friends at P2P Finance News report the latest for us. Money&Co has completed another £1m of litigation finance, as well as a £400,000 loan for music publishing company Bsides Music. The litigation finance is intended for tenants to take action against landlords, or homeowners of new […]
Great British Recapitalisation anyone? One of the issues that will surely become a hot topic come the end of the Covid-19 epidemic is the refinancing of the British economy. Below, we run an extract from an article that posits one certainty: equity raises will be a key part of the recovery plan. If existing shareholders […]
Finance in the time of the Covid-19 virus… The government FinTech industry body Innovate Finance is joining the call of non-bank lenders for the government’s support in ensuring the lending to UK SMEs actually works. The idea is good; the intention is god – but the execution seems to be falling through the cracks. The money appears […]
We’re politically agnostic here at Money&Co. – our only concern is finding high-quality borrowing companies to bring together with lenders seeking good returns on capital – so we try to let the facts speak for themselves. UK banks have now lent £453m through the government’s coronavirus business loans scheme as it picks up following an […]
Today, we return to the important subject of spreading risk in investment. Excellent commentary on the topic is offered by the Money Advice Service (MAS), an independent organisation funded by levies on the financial services and pension industries. MAS is chaired by former top City regulator, Sir Hector Sants. We set out highlights from this […]
A recurring theme of our news coverage is the transition of alternative finance to the mainstream. P2P Finance News reports on another aspect of the evolution of the sector – the continued use of self-funding by the owners of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). This something that platform lenders such as Money&Co. approve of – […]