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Institutions Welcome – But Let’s Keep Small Lenders In Crowdfunding

Martin Baker | June 13, 2019

The question keeps being asked: Is the crowd (ie, the retail lender) going to be squeezed out of crowdfunding? Our friends at P2P Finance News report that “a number of purely institutional products have been unveiled recently in the peer-to-peer lending sector”. The question then posed by P2PFN is whether this to the benefit or […]

Banks Move In On P2P, But Crowd Must Stay In Crowdfunding

Martin Baker | November 2, 2017

News Alert: Bank Of England raises base rates to 0.5 per cent. Will it make a difference to income-dependent savers? We looked at this last week, in anticipation of the rise. We say: investors will still be left high and dry… The crowd must stay in crowdfunding. That’s the often-stated philosophy of this company – […]