Tag Archives: Huffington Post

FinTech: Financial Services Disruption ‘Unavoidable’

AdaPia d’Errico, of PatchOfLand, blogs in The Huffington Post on the global macro-economic and demographic trends that she believes augur well for crowdfunding. This is a thoughtful and well-argued piece, and we offer excerpts of particular relevance to financial services – and the burgeoning peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending sub-sector – below. “By now, early 2016, […]

‘Good Governance Begets Good Growth’ – Huffington Post

Writing in the Huffington Post, Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick offers praise for the UK government and its enlightened policy towards non-mainstream sources of finance to encourage the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SNEs).   “The UK government’s role in encouraging alternative finance should be acknowledged. The regulatory regime is relatively benign for platforms, which […]

We’re Talking About A Crowdfunding, P2P Revolution

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 […]

Irresistible Oil, Immovable QE – Negative Rate Storm Ahead?

Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick highlights her concerns over deflation in her latest Huffington Post blog. “The price of Brent Crude has been languishing around and under $49 per barrel for over a week at the time of writing – its lowest level since April 2009. This continued weakness has resulted in a continued fall in […]