Category: Background

FundingKnight wins Best Online Peer to Peer Provider

July 17th, 2015
FundingKnight
Hampshire-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, 2015
There 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. View Interactive Version (… more »

Peer-to-peer better on customer satisfaction

June 28th, 2015
RateSetter
Peer-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, 2015
Yorkshire Building Society
On 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, 2015
P2P Finance Association
There 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 »