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End-August P2P Lending Platform News Round-up
Aug 28, 2019
Headlines: Lending Crowd’s Summer Bonus is to offer £50 Cashback to those who transfer an ISA worth £5,000 or more over to them… Funding Circle’s active loan book has increased by 37% over the past 12 months… ReBuildingSociety factor a hard-Brexit into their credit risk model.
August P2P Lending Platform News Round-up
Aug 7, 2019
Lending Works revamp their product range so that they are defined by ease of access rather than length of the investment... Following their quarterly review, Funding Circle have halted the downward trend in their projected rates of return, holding them at their current levels… Assetz Capital have upped the ante with their Refer-a-Friend scheme, for a limited time they are offering £100 to introducers… Those selling on ReBuildingSociety’s Secondary Market can provide Buy Back guarantees… ArchOver launched a new type of loan that is secured via anticipated income from EU/UK Grants for R&D activity
End-July P2P Lending Platform News Round-up
Jul 18, 2019
FundingSecure have changed their terms and conditions so that loans only begin to accrue interest after the closing deadline rather than as soon as investors pledge funds… Assetz Capital almost double their target of £1 million when their latest round of equity funding closes.
July P2P Lending Platform News Round-up
Jul 7, 2019
Funding Circle announced a reduction in their earnings forecast, part of the reason given was because they are tightening their risk criteria which should reduce defaults for investors… ArchOver introduce a new type of loan which is secured against the future fees from successful resolution of legal disputes.
End-June P2P Lending Platform News Round-up
Jun 20, 2019
Lending Works win the Best P2P Platform for Investors accolade at the Moneywise awards for the fourth year in a row… Assetz Capital smash their equity funding target of £1 million on Seedrs… ArchOver pass the £100 million Total Lent mark
June P2P Lending Platform News Round-up
Jun 6, 2019
Lendy falling into administration grabbed most of the P2P headlines in the past fortnight… AssetzCapital report record inflows into their IFISA during April… Investors express concerns about liquidity at Funding Circle where they are waiting 60 days for loan parts to be sold…
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