Paul Blanchard of the Business Leaders audio platform came to our offices recently, and the resulting interview with Money&Co. CEO, Nicola Horlick, is well worth a listen. Nicola Horlick is the CEO of Money&Co, a crowdfunding business which connects investors with businesses looking for finance. Dubbed ‘City Superwoman’ by the media, aged 28 Nicola […]
Today, we offer a snippet of coverage from the crowdfunding intelligence platform, Another Crowd. “Peer-to-peer lenders will match investors looking for better rates to a wide range of SMEs seeking better service than their banks can offer. “There really is no reason for anybody to lend money to an SME for a lower return than […]
Crowdfundinsider carries news of Lord Turner’s apparent rethinking and clarification – to put it politely – of his remarks about P2P on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme earlier this year. “Lord Adair Turner: Direct Lending May Make the Financial System More Stable. “The above statement came from Lord Adair Turner in a speech delivered at […]
Regular visitors to this site will be aware of the ire aroused by the remarks of Lord Adair Turner on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme back in February. The former boss of City regulator, the Financial Services Authority (now superseded by the Financial Conduct Authority [FCA]) attracted sharp criticism from the alternative-finance sector, Money&Co. very much […]
Today we focus on the lending side of the crowdfunding equation. At Money&Co., we bring together lenders looking for a good return on capital together with careful vetted borrowing businesses seeking funds to expand. Lenders who have funded the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking credit on the Money&Co. platform, which has facilitated loans of […]
Some time before or after dealing with the Sunday roast many of you find time to look at your investment portfolios. In the spirit of the reflective nature of Sundays, we offer our take on the key points to consider before making a peer-to-peer (P2P) business loan via the Money&Co. Platform. Take the trouble […]
As one auction closes, another opens. Yesterday saw an exciting close to the SBS B-rated loan. A flurry of bids knocked out the more expensive offers, and the service-provider now has a £250,000 loan at a gross yield of 10.4 per cent. Today sees the unveiling of a new offer. Money&Co. lenders will be part […]
Kiki Loizou in The Sunday Times tells a story we thoroughly relate to. The crowdfunding lender wasn’t Money&Co., but might well have been (assuming the company met our requirements of least three years’ filed accounts, a history of profitability and acceptance of a legal charge [and no other debt] on the assets of the borrower […]
Did you catch Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick’s crowdfunding rallying cry for the coming financial revolution in her latest Huffington Post blog? It’s attracted wide attention online, but in case you missed it we reproduce selected highights below. “Crowdfunding is not a new concept. Stock markets are in effect a form of crowdfunding with individuals or […]
There’s been a huge amount of interest in crowdfunding from banks and other big investors. So much so, in fact, that it’s often said that crowdfunding is in danger of losing the crowd. Campden FB, a web offering aimed at family offices (the administrators and managers of rich families’ private wealth) highlights the opportunities for […]