We’ve now had 15 full calendar years of P2P lending, which included the Great Recession (albeit for just the one P2P lending company around at the time) and more recently a massive 20% recession coinciding with the first 11 months of the worst pandemic for…
Here’s the Growth Street Review from one of our specialists. (You can see all the reviews in our comparison tables.) 4thWay’s Quick Expert Growth Street Review Growth Street has wound down its existing lending Growth Street, established in 2014 with a total lent of ,…
Today, Growth Street said: “We have recently concluded redemption of our platform investors in full as part of the Resolution Event declared in June 2020. As of 13th January 2021, all remaining funds have been returned to peer-to-peer investors and our investor platform is in…
The 4thWay PLUS Ratings and 4thWay ALT Ratings have been showing their worth during the pandemic and we strongly expect they will continue to do so. P2P lending doesn’t evolve around the world of COVID-19, though, so there have been a few changes to 4thWay…
It’s been a lot of work trying to stay on top of all the P2P lending companies for you during the pandemic. as we sought extra information, meetings and data submissions from the P2P lending companies. Here’s a summary of much of our recent research….
Peer-to-peer institutional lending – that’s lending from banks and the like – is becoming a bigger theme as the P2P industry grows. And institutional lending could actually impact individual lenders’ results. Below, I’m listing a lot of the peer-to-peer lending sites that have been the…
In a poll of our users, we’re rated 9.3 out of 10! One of the most common forms of feedback we receive is to just keep doing what we’re doing. The results have proven our worth It’s mathematically highly probable that anyone lending for a…
By Funding Circle. Important update on lending through Funding Circle Today the British Business Bank (BBB) has accredited Funding Circle to the Government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). This will allow us to help small businesses access crucial government-guaranteed loans during this unprecedented time….
By LendingCrowd. As the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to affect all our lives, we want to assure our valued community of borrowers and lenders that we’re doing everything we can support you all at this difficult time. We’ve reached out to every LendingCrowd borrower and…
By Funding Circle. Update on the secondary market As part of our ongoing measures to protect investor returns, we have taken the decision to pause the secondary market while we continue to evaluate the potential impact of Covid-19. This forms part of a number of…
By ArchOver. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the subsequent societal restrictions enacted by governments to combat this crisis, have brought great uncertainty to the international economy, and have placed many businesses into uniquely challenging situations. ArchOver* has been in close contact with all…
By Funding Circle. Further actions to protect your returns Last week, we outlined some of the actions we have taken to protect your returns on our platform, including tightening our credit risk parameters and strengthening our Collections and Recoveries capabilities. As this fast-moving situation develops, we…
By CapitalStackers. So how is it going as we crawl toward the end of the first week of lockdown? Are the hands of your watch moving as slowly as mine? And pure irony, isn’t it – as soon as Boris tells us to stay at…
By CapitalStackers. Financial hygiene is even more important during the COVID-19 crisis Total transparency has always been a core function to us at CapitalStackers*, but in the current climate, just like handwashing, this element of normal housekeeping takes on critical importance. We’re fully aware that…
By Jerome Le Luel, Funding Circle’s Global Chief Risk Officer. Protecting your returns over the coming months Jerome Le Luel joined Funding Circle as Global Chief Risk Officer four years ago; bringing with him more than 20 years of experience in risk management. His previous…
By Lee Birkett, CEO & Founder of JustUs. A calm head in troubled waters I never believed in my lifetime that I would be writing to a locked down nation, but we are where we are, and I believe we will all get through this…
By Michael Bristow, CEO & Co-Founder of CrowdProperty. It’s been an unprecedented week for us all. At CrowdProperty we’ve worked extremely hard to maintain the service, quality and reliability we’ve grown our reputation on. This week we funded 3 quality projects totalling almost £1,000,000 of first-charge…
By Funding Circle. An update on coronavirus With the impact of coronavirus continuing to be felt, we know that many of you are concerned about your investment and the wider financial landscape. We want to reassure all our valued investors that we are taking appropriate…
By LendingCrowd. Amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, LendingCrowd stands ready to help our valued community of borrowers and lenders. With the stock market experiencing volatility in recent days, it is important to remember that LendingCrowd only lends to British businesses that have been carefully…
Crowd2Fund’s CEO recently expressed strong views on the subject of industry news and forecasts, so we invited him to write about them on 4thWay. 4thWay’s editor (Neil here) added in subtitles and lightly edited. The election result helps the P2P industry grow rapidly Crowd2Fund* is…
