Choice Business Loans Blog

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin.


These are our Blogs about alternative finance, SME loans and the broader business environment

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Peer-To-Peer Lending With The Secret Investor

Goodbye from the Secret Investor

Last post: Oct 24, 2019

The Secret Investor summarises his thoughts after 4 years of writing about his P2P investments. What has he learned, what does he think will happen to the industry now and what will he do from now on?

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Reviews Of The Peer-To-Peer Lending Sites

InvestUP - The P2P Superstore

Last post: Dec 21, 2015

Diversification. That is the key to successful P2P lending but such a strategy, with funds spread across many platforms, can be extremely time consuming. The InvestUP Crowdfunding brokerage has been established to alleviate this problem by enabling investors to distribute their capital across many P2P hosts using just one account. Currently, offerings are listed from over 20 P2P sites in this online superstore of opportunities.

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Special Reports & Infographics

What is marketing - and how it can benefit your business

Last post: Nov 8, 2021

At Choice Business Loans we want to see our clients thrive, which is why we take the time and care to provide them with the right advice when it comes to loan solutions available to them. Beyond smart finances, running a successful SME often includes lots of multitasking and balancing of priorities. One such priority that can be difficult to get to grips with but is hugely important, is marketing. Nicole Martin of Pinpoint Marketing shared with us her top tips on getting it right - and some thoughts on when it may be time to outsource.

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Relevant Issues Blog

Growth Guarantee Scheme launched to succeed Recovery Loan Scheme

Last post: Mar 7, 2024

The Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS) has been announced as the successor to the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) and effectively it's back to business as usual.

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Recent Blog posts

  • Choice Loans reviews how Mobile banking and the Fintech industry is using voice assistant to improve their customers banking experience. This includes support with Amazon's Alexa.

  • Assetz Capital report a strong increase in investor demand following the announcement of the rate raise for some of their Managed Accounts… Across all platforms the proportion of P2P loans to borrowers in Northern Ireland appears to be increasing possibly due to the Brexit-related uncertainties of that region deterring mainstream lenders.

  • Ratesetter’s promotion which sees £100 given to new investors who lend £1,000 for a year ends on 30th June… FundingCircle remove investor access to its loanbook – a backwards step for transparency… FundingSecure allocate more staff to managing late loans.

  • ArchOver have launched their IFISA – the last of the major platforms to do so… Ratesetter pass the £2.5 billion Total Lent milestone.

  • Assetz Capital close their Green Energy Account due to a lack of loans that meet the eligibility criteria… Assetz Capital have also increased the target gross interest of their Quick Access and 30-Day Access Accounts by 0.35% pa and 0.85% pa respectively – the latter now returns an impressive Provision Fund protected 5.1% pa… Some FundingCircle investors express concern about rising defaults.

  • Zopa offers £200 in cashback after their IFISA attracts £100m since launching last June… LendingCrowd lower their maximum bid rates by 2% pa… Ratesetter open up their IFISA to accept funds from existing Cash ISAs, Stocks & Shares ISAs and other IFISAs.

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