Ed Bowsher of Share Radio put it this way at the recent Alternative Finance conference, sponsored by Cubism Law, Money&Co., Archover and others: “Are we already seeing the end of the golden age of crowdfunding for individuals? Institutions are coming in and wanting to lend millions – what does that mean for private investors?” This […]
Here’s another excerpt from the recent, wide-ranging afternoon debate at the London conference, Alternative Finance: New Solutions To Old Problems. The event was sponsored by Cubism Law and a host of leading players in the alternative finance sector, including Money&Co., equity platform VentureFounders, P2P platform Archover, data gatherers Crowdnetic, British Influence, and crowdfunding intelligence platform, […]
Thanks to all involved at yesterday’s hugely enjoyable and valuable Alternative Funding: News Solutions To Old Problems conference at the RAC club in London’s Pall Mall. “It’s really good to make a connection with colleagues in the industry, potential borrowers and individuals who are already lending or considering making a peer-to-peer loan,” said Nicola Horlick, […]
CityA.M..’s Harriet Green, a leading journalist in crowdfunding and a moderator at next Monday’s Money&Co. co-sponsored conference, reports on a very welcome move – one that moves our “alternative” sector yet further into the mainstream. “City investors are getting an exchange to trade crowdfunded investments, as the UK’s first crowdfunding marketplace launches today. “Crowdfunding platform Crowd2Fund […]
Equity crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending, aka debt crowdfunding, are set to “significantly shake up the banking market”, according to a survey of leading figures in the international financial services industry. The Daily Record reports: “A survey of 200 global conference delegates from 40 countries attending the recent University of Edinburgh Business School’s Credit Risk and Credit […]
We’re waiting for new statistics on crowdfunding growth in the UK, but can offer the latest from the other side of the Channel. France’s crowdfunding market has doubled in size, but is still dwarfed by its UK equivalent, report our friends at Crowdfundinsider. “The French national association of crowdfunding platforms has released the sector’s market numbers […]
We keep hearing that the face of finance is changing. And it is: the alternative is becoming the mainstream, with crowdfunding at its centre. One of the most trenchant iterations of this view comes from a recent blog in Tech City News by Russell Gould. “According to finance supermarket, Funding Options, SMEs in the UK […]
Our friends (and friendly competitors) at Funding Circle have made an interesting move. Instead of inviting lenders to bid to lend money to borrowers, our fellow peer-to-peer business lenders have decided to fix the yield of a loan themselves. So the marketplace moves from an auction to becoming a shop – no haggle, no gaming, […]
The crowd is coming to the South West. September will see a conference of industry leaders in small-business funding, venture capital and alternative finance, including the two major forms of crowdfunding – peer-to-peer (P2P) debt, and equity. Co-sponsored by the South West’s top law firm, Foot Anstey, which will be hosting the event in its […]
Today we offer a primer on crowdfunding. It’s based on one of the articles in our knowledge hub. We have plenty of tips and other information for the curious in the crowd… Crowdfunding is a high-tech renaming of old business models. But it’s not just a name-change – the high-tech aspect produces efficiencies and […]