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Alternative Finance blog

Open Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak

Open Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak

Posted 4 years ago


The Rt. Hon Rishi Sunak MP Chancellor of the Exchequer 11 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA United Kingdom   1 April 2020   The Government must take urgent action to protect jobs and..

Tagged: News Tax Peer-to-Peer


Restrictions For P2P Lending To Be Lifted From Government’s Coronavirus Loan

Restrictions For P2P Lending To Be Lifted From Government’s Coronavirus Loan

Posted 4 years ago


In a previous article, we discussed four ways in which the government could stimulate the economy and protect jobs. One such way was to extend the government’s Coronavirus Business Interr..

Tagged: News Peer-to-Peer


FCA New Rule on Transparency

Posted 4 years ago


The new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules become enforceable on 9 December which will affect crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms, PS19/14 section 2.36, detail the need for the platfo..

Tagged: FCA Peer-to-Peer Transparency Equity & Debt Crowdfunding


Crowdfunding Investor Types

Crowdfunding Investor Types

Posted 4 years ago


The new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules, PS19/14, coming into force on 9 December 2019 state that crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms must classify their potential investors. All ..

Tagged: Crowdfunding investors peer-to-peer fca


Investing In An Alternative Finance Platform

Investing In An Alternative Finance Platform

Posted 6 years ago


Ever fancied investing in an alternative finance platform? Well if you have you should definitely get in touch with businessagent.com, but you may also find the news that investly, a peer-to-peer le..

Tagged: equity crowdfunding p2p investing p2p compare platform peer-to-peer lending


The state of UK Equity Crowdfunding

Posted 7 years ago


Beauhurst have stated that equity investment into high growth UK firms is up this year. In their latest update, they said that May saw “an unusually large amount invested” and that June ..

Tagged: equity crowdfunding peer-to-peer P2P Crowdcube investors transparency crowdfunding statistics crowdfunding tools


Great news for small businesses: new NatWest “3 minute loan”

Posted 7 years ago


This week NatWest announced that it will be launching a new online lending platform. The “3 minute business loan” will allow small businesses to borrow up to £35,000 in a process t..

Tagged: business loan Natwest 3 minute business loan small businesses peer-to-peer marketplace p2p marketplace p2p loans p2p lending banks bank loan


Why all the IFISA fuss?

Posted 7 years ago


Why all the IFISA fuss?   The Innovative Finance ISA - or IFISA – is gaining attention at the moment for a number of reasons, but here are 4 of them; It is new The Financial Conduct A..

Tagged: IFISA Innovative finance What is the fuss What is an IFISA how can I benefit P2P peer-to-peer


What is peer-to-peer lending?

What is peer-to-peer lending?

Posted 7 years ago


Peer-to-peer lending – also known as P2P lending, debt crowdfunding and marketplace lending – is an alternative financing model whereby people borrow from other people, rather than going..

Tagged: business loans business sme business funding loans peer to peer peer to peer loans peer-to-peer loans peer to peer lending peer-to-peer lending equity crowdfunding


Ten useful numbers businesses and investors should know about alternative finance in the UK

Posted 7 years ago


Ten useful numbers businesses and investors should know about alternative finance in the UK   6% is the percentage of all seed and venture stage equity investment provided by equity crowdfund..

Tagged: finance alternative finance peer to peer p2p peer-to-peer investors investment crowdfunding equity crowdfunding peer to peer lending p2p lending


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