Tag Archives: retail

Thin Cats Close Door On Crowd – Plus Loan Latest

| December 10, 2019

One of our neighbours in the platform lending sector, Thin Cats, is closing the door retail lenders. AltFi reports: ThinCats is closing its retail peer-to-peer lending platform, saying it is no longer “cost effective”. ThinCats said it will instead focus on institutional lending. ThinCats, which was launched in Leicestershire in 2011, said no new loans will be offered […]

Alt Fi Sees Huge Potential For P2P Retail

| April 29, 2015

Alt Fi is one of our favourite media outlets. It tracks daily financial volumes in crowdfunding in general and the peer-to-peer (P2P) market in particular, with its Liberum Alt Fi Index. The emphasis has typically been on the amount of money being invested, loaned or committed to projects through crowdfunding platforms. However, in a particularly […]