Blockchain benefits

August 9, 2019 | Andrew Saunders

Blockchain has been touted as the technology set to transform financial services as we know it – but could it do the same for peer-to-peer lending? Andrew Saunders investigates

GIVEN THAT ITS MOST famous – or infamous – application is … Read More

Funding Options chief eschews M&A predictions

March 15, 2019 | Suzie Neuwirth

THE PEER-TO-PEER lending sector is unlikely to see any consolidation, according to the founder and chief executive of business finance aggregator Funding Options.

Conrad Ford, whose platform provides small businesses with a variety of finance options including P2P loans, said … Read More

How P2P created an alternative form of consolidation

February 1, 2019 | Kathryn Gaw

FOR YEARS now, analysts have been predicting that a wave of consolidation is just around the corner for the UK’s peer-to-peer lending market. Yet another year has just passed without any significant mergers or acquisitions taking place.

However, a different … Read More

Brexit-proof lending

February 1, 2019 | Partnership

Not all peer-to-peer lenders are worried about the dreaded Brexit effect, as Huddle Capital’s marketing director Neil Scaife reveals…

BREXIT has loomed large over the peer-to-peer lending community over the past few years. But while many lenders have spoken out … Read More

Huddle refinances Collateral loans

July 9, 2018 | Suzie Neuwirth

PEER-TO-PEER business lender Huddle has stepped in to refinance some of Collateral’s loans after the platform went into administration earlier this year.

The first Collateral loan to go live on Huddle’s platform was a £80,500 facility secured by way of … Read More

Ablrate takes equity stake in Huddle

May 18, 2018 | Suzie Neuwirth

ABLRATE has taken an equity stake in fellow peer-to-peer lender Huddle, as part of a wider strategic partnership between the two platforms.

Asset-backed lender Ablrate has worked with Huddle since the latter’s launch in April 2017, providing its technology and … Read More