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End-January P2P Lending Platform News Round-up

Last post: Jan 31, 2019

Assetz Capital offer up to 1.25% Cashback… Crowd2Fund seek equity funding to the tune of £2 million from their investors… Funding Circle report that they expect default rates to increase

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January P2P Lending Platform News Round-up

Last post: Jan 17, 2019

Ratesetter pass the £3 billion lent milestone… Crowd2Fund plan a number of initiatives for 2019 including the introduction of a Provision Fund and giving investors more control over the recovery process… At LendingCrowd New Year = New Cashback Offer… During 2018 ThinCats broke their own records as they lent £112 million to SMEs.

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December P2P Lending Platform News Round-up

Last post: Dec 13, 2018

Friends and their referrers can share £150 at ArchOver if the newcomer invests £5,000 or more… FundingSecure prepare to offer a wider product range in the New Year… Zopa becomes a bank!

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End-November P2P Lending Platform News Round-up

Last post: Nov 29, 2018

LendingCrowd introduce weekly newsletters… FundingCircle receive a £150 million cash injection from the Government’s British Business Bank… ThinCats launch their second Diversified Loan Portfolio… Zopa sell defaulted loans to a debt collection agency reducing losses to investors (they believe).

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Mid-November P2P Lending Platform News Round-up

Last post: Nov 15, 2018

FundingSecure’s new owner plans to offer a wider range of products… Ratesetter creates the post of Chief Investments Officer with the aim of also improving its service offerings… Meanwhile, Lending Works takes a direct approach to attracting more investors by increasing interest rates by half a percent.

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End of October P2P Lending Platform News Round-up

Last post: Nov 1, 2018

Funding Circle increase diversity for their passive investors by reducing the minimum holding in any individual loan from £20 to £10… ThinCats open up their IFISA to new customers… The Secret Investor is pleased to see his first loan on the ArchOver platform to be backed by an R&D tax rebate paid back after just 2 months.

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