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Peer-to-Peer Innovation: The Importance of Transparency

8th October 2015

From collaboration with traditional players to partnering with technology and apps, the Peer-to-Peer Sector has evolved at an exceptional pace over the past 12 months. Business lending through the sector is expected to reach £12.3bn by 2020. That’s a tenfold growth from the £1.2bn loaned last year. Financial, and non-financial, services The evolution...

Flat Prices are Booming

29th September 2015

Property investment is known to be an investment that will consistently achieve solid returns. In the past decade, the average price of flats in the UK has risen by 60%. The Halifax House Price Index illustrates that the price...

Alternative Finance’s Role for SME Funding

23rd September 2015

Through the UK’s rapidly growing sharing economy, alternative lenders have been created to supply businesses with finance where bank lenders have proved lacking. With the UK fast becoming the sharing economy of Europe, it’s not surprising that we are home to 10% of...

Peer-to-Peer interest payments: accommodating the new Personal Savings Allowance

17th September 2015

As the global Peer-to-Peer lending sector continues to grow, the UK in particular has seen lending in excess of £3.6 billion in the last 12 months.* The sector is widely considered to be the alternative to more traditional means...

Britain Is a Hotspot For Property Investors

9th September 2015

It has been reported that the UK’s housing shortage, combined with the country’s strong economic growth, has made it the fourth most lucrative country for property investors. Estate agents Savills, who unveiled the research, stated that the results were...

Fin-Tech: Levelling the Financial Playing Field

25th August 2015

Technology has modified the way in which we experience life, from our working hours to our leisure time. Innovations in technology and communications, such as the internet and mobile devices, have made our lives more straightforward. Modern platforms that have...

UK house prices: no respite in sight for the housing market

21st August 2015

The British housing market is showing few signs of slowing down. This summer we have seen rising prices combined with the strongest lending levels month seen for seven years. Hometrack Property Market Analytics reported today that houses located within cities...

Don’t Bank on an Interest Rate Rise to End Poor Returns

Earlier this month, the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee announced that they will keep the Base Rate at 0.5%. This somewhat unsurprising news is confirmation for consumers across the UK that they will be struggling to find attractive rates of...

The UK beats the US by 72% in the Peer-to-Peer lending market

18th August 2015

It has recently been reported that the UK’s Peer-to-Peer lending market, on a per capita basis, is a huge 72% larger than in the US. Almost $2.3billion in P2P loans was generated in the UK throughout 2014, making it the...

The Impact of Interest Rates

14th August 2015

Last week, speculation and anticipation was high as the British public braced itself for a change in monetary policy. The outcome was welcomed by some and disappointed others (in particular, one particular member of the Bank of England’s Monetary...

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