The Financial Services Bill, laid out in this week’s Queen’s Speech, aims to bring “certainty, stability and new opportunities” to the UK banking industry, report our friends at AltFi. The Bill is geared to ensuring the UK’s financial rules continue after Brexit as well as the UK remaining open to international markets. The Bill will be debated on […]
The alternative finance sector is growing fast. This is especially true of the financial technology (FinTech) sub-sector. With rapid growth comes rapid change – so much so that the language we use to describe our industry often struggles to keep up. We’ve often reported here on the need for an established taxonomy for alternative finance. […]
Our friends at P2PFN report some important but unsurprising news. The alternative finance sector, of which peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is an important part, is growing in importance and size. As it does so, awareness grows of companies such as Money&Co., which brings carefully vetted businesses together with lenders looking for excellent returns on capital. Financial […]
We unashamedly hijack our regular industry news slot with a slightly different topic today. Then again, maybe this is industry news in a microcosmic way: we’re expanding – and that’s typical of a fast-growing sector. We’ll revert with our usual thematic industry commentary and analysis next week. Money&Co. is seeking a senior technical officer. We […]
Finance is a market that is traditionally associated with men but, as our friends at Asset TV say, this is changing. What needs to happen to get more women in the industry? Asset TV Investor spoke to Nicola Horlick, CEO of Money&Co., to find out. Don’t miss the forthcoming Future of FinTech event, […]
Come to breakfast with us later this summer. It promises to be a fun event: coffee and Danish, debate and disruption are all on the menu. Five speakers from the world of FinTech have been confirmed for BusinessCloud’s The Future of FinTech event, held in association with FinTech intelligence platform Another Crowd, and Money&Co., in London […]
The latest, A-rated loan offer on site is closing in four days. It is 63 per cent funded with a current average gross yield of 9.2 per cent. The indicative yield, ie the yield recommended by our credit committee, is 8 per cent. As the loan auction deadline nears, experience tells us that cheaper offers […]
Every week seems to bring another episode in the push-me, pull-you saga of Brexit and its information wars. The latest research on the possible effects of Brexit on FinTech, our very own sector of the UK economy, is analysed by P2P Finance News. THE FINANCIAL services sector needs to attract and retain entrepreneurial talent to […]
Financial technology (FinTech) is creating more and more disruption in the banking sector, according to a report from our friends at AltFi. “Big banks need to respond to rapidly changing customer preferences, digital interfaces and platform businesses to thrive post-crisis, according to a new report from Oliver Wyman… “Whatever their progress on the restructuring agenda, […]
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. […]