We are currently living in a period of many initiatives and ideas, but few executed plans – and even fewer observable outcomes. The latest hope for dealing with the financial blight caused by Coroanvirus is a two trillion-euro ($2.2 trillion) plan for economic recovery, as floated by the European Commission, ahead of leaders’ talks on […]
Regular readers will be aware that the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), part of the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, is a friend of Money&Co. Here’s just one of our recent reports on an institution we consider the leading source of data and analysis in the alternative finance industry. The CCAF has published the single most […]
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 […]
You hear it often nowadays: these are extraordinary times. Perhaps one of the most surprising aspects of the vast, unfolding financial crisis is the lift given to shares in Funding Circle. After an IPO that many saw as unusual, not least for the ability of some close to the company to cash in early. Add […]
As yet, the long-term effects on the global economy are difficult to predict. The knock-ons, though, are easier to see. There have already been a series of brutal short-term hits to the travel (notably airlines) and leisure industries. The number of pubs in the UK was already on the wane; smaller, weaker airlines such as […]