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CBILS A Bright Spot In A Potentially Gloomy Envoironment


The overwhelming majority of media report indicate the existence of many problems (as yet not fully understood) regarding distribution and even fraud in the well-intentioned bounceback initiative from government. Here, apparently, is some good news from a separate, but arguably related sector. Business Desk reports: British Business Investments (BBI), a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed an additional £25m to Manchester-based Assetz Capital, the property-focused marketplace lender, in a boost to UK housebuilders and SMEs. The additional funding is to deliver loans to SMEs under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and is further to an …
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Lending Club Closes A Chapter, Markets Turn A Page


And so it has come to pass. We’ve long kept a weather eye on the difficult journey of Lending Club, the leading direct lender in the US FinTech sector, since its flotation on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2014. We’ve reported several times in News and in our Blog section. Now, Lending Club is effectively left the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector. The scepticism evident in the blog by our director of communications back then, a column also featured in City A.M., seems to have been well founded. Concerns over valuation (and the short-termism of some of the investment …
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AltFi Equity Investors Dish Out Prizes

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Europe Heads For Integrated Crowdfunding Market

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Loan Portfolios: The Benefits Of Spreading Assets And Lowering Risk

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SME Funding Optimists: Badly Informed Pessimists?

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US Player Makes Bold Statement Of Inward UK FinTech Investment Intent

Covid Crisis Promotes Innovation In SME Management

FinTech Players Face Chilly Winter If Rates Go Negative – Plus Loan Latest

UK’ s Big Equity Crowdfunders Merge – Plus Loan Latest

Savvy FinTech Player Looks To Invest At The ‘Sound Of The Cannon’

Mainstream Still Seeking Way Forward For AltFi Investments

British Business Bank Blasts Bounce-Back Loan Abuse

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Mainstream Investors Continue Focus On FinTech Sector

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The Risk Benefits Of Spreading Investment – Plus Loan Latest

FinTech’s Talking About A New Way Of Working – Plus Loan Latest

A How-To Guide To Lending – Plus Loan Offer Latest

FCA Moves To Pre-Empt Credit Pile-Up

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FinTech – A New Age Of Collaboration (Or Maybe Acquisition) Ahead

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Direct Lending Joins Mainstream Asset-Class Club

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FSCS In LCF Investors’ Crosswires

New A+ 3-Year Loan Offering – 8% Yield, Property-Backed

Asset Sale Shows FinTech Migration To Asset-Backing Continues

We Look Towards a Post-Covid Business Environment: How To Lend

The Search For FinTech Investment: FCA Pushes Institutional Route

Autumn To Bring FinTech Acquisitions And Alliances

Business Future Still Uncertain – Initiatives And ‘Oven-Ready’ Deals Notwithstanding

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Covid, ISAs And The Asset-Backed Lending Future

Direct Lender Pushes SMEs Towards Government Loan Scheme

Leading Direct Lender Pivots To Focus On Fixed-Term Savings

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FinTech’s Direct Lenders Head For Property Backing

FinTech SMEs: Covid-Cashflow Latest

The Benefits Of Vitamin D (Where D Is For Investment Diversification)

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FSB Seeks ‘Most Pro-Buinsess Ever’ Budget Measures

Winter, Brexit And Covid-19 Are Coming For FinTech Sector…

Government Loan Schemes: Bounceback Or Flip-Flop?

Direct Lending: Two Views Of The Way Forward

The Covid Crisis And Its Unclaimed Millions

Where Are We Now? Direct Lending Benchmarks Revisited

FinTech International Finance Management Service Breaks New Ground

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FinTech Big Dogs Are Better Than Unicorns

Change is Name Of Direct Lending AltFi Game

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SME Loan Credit Quality Hit By Pandemic

Crypto Regulation By FCA May Be Bridge Too Far

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Covid Aid Net Is Spread Yet Wider

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International Financial Payments – The Cornerstone Of FinTech Progress

FinTech Sector Has $825M Funding Gap To Fill

Mainstream Capital Inflow To AltFi Sector Grows Again

FinTech’s Battles Against Identity Theft

Regulation In An Era Of Natural And Man-Made Crises

Convergence Latest: New Challenger Bank To Target Top End

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Direct Lender Boss Calls For SME Help Via EIS Stimulus

Challenger Banks Lead Integration With Mainstream

Managed Portfolio Service: Spreading Investment Helps Limit Risk

Mainstream Venture Fund Finds Way In AltFi World

Government Covid Loan And Stimulus Schemes Surveyed

Equity Investment In UK’s Tech Business Increases

Covid-19 Aftermath: Is Finance Industry Waving Goodbye To Cash?

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Good News: FCA Moves To Ban Mini-Bonds

New European FinTech Association Launched

We’re Watching The Watchers: Behavioural Biometrics, The New Identity?

FCA: Finance Sector Should Reassess Debt And Risk, Recapitalise

Caution And Government Stimulus Needed To Hurdle Economic Problems

FinTech Backlash To Emergency SME Funding Measures ‘Tempered’

Challenger Banks Still Playing Secondary Role In SME Funding

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Cambridge Network Sees Future For Resilient FinTechs

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