Category: Background
FundingKnight wins Best Online Peer to Peer Provider
July 17th, 2015Hampshire-based alternative finance platform FundingKnight has been named the Best Online Peer to Peer Provider at the Your Money Direct Awards.
Your Money is a website which helps people get the most from their money with features, news and tips on in… more »
What are mini-bonds?
June 28th, 2015There are several peer-to-peer and crowdfunding companies, including Wellesley & Co and CrowdCube offering "mini bonds". But what are mini bonds? Choice Loans have put together an informative infographic on the subject.
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Peer-to-peer better on customer satisfaction
June 28th, 2015Peer-to-peer lending platforms such as RateSetter score more highly than the top-rated savings account providers for customer satisfaction, according to a Which? survey of 5,000 members.
RateSetter is the highest-rated peer-to-peer lender, with a total… more »
Yorksire Building Society's guide to peer-to-peer lending
June 22nd, 2015On Friday the Yorkshire Building Society published their guide to peer-to-peer lending, entitled "Peer-to-peer lending explained". The first line of the press release sets the tone for the guide:
Research from Yorkshire Building Society has highligh… more »
Institutional lenders "cherry picking"
May 27th, 2015There have been several press articles and a discussion on the P2P Independent Forum concerning institutional lending on peer-to-peer platforms "cherry picking" loans. The Peer-to-Peer Finance Association is belived to be looking at amending its operat… more »