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 crisis if we stick together. “Let us therefore brace ourselves… Read more
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JustUs Update On COVID-19
CrowdProperty’s Recent Update On COVID-19
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 secured loans from 1,258 lenders. Our passionate team of 32… Read more
Funding Circle Update On COVID-19 19th March 2020
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 measures to respond to the situation, and give you some… Read more
LendingCrowd Update On COVID-19 13th March 2020
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 assessed for affordability by our expert team. Returns from lending… Read more
The Election Result Is Boosting P2P Lending
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 planning rapid expansion during 2020 due to the decisive election… Read more
Growth Street’s Largest Loans Turn Bad
There’s been quite an exciting development at Growth Street. I use the word “exciting” to mean it’s a story with a lot of bang, rather than good news. Certainly not for me, as it reveals a mistake by me. Probably my biggest since co-founding 4thWay. But at least it’s just my reputation and Growth Street’s… Read more
Man Down! (I Mean, Person Down. Or Persons.)
We’re still down several persons for our Panel of Peers, so I hope you’ll consider volunteering. The Panel governs 4thWay on behalf of all lenders to ensure it remains independent. 4thWay’s Panel of Peers maintains our accuracy, impartiality, and candid research. I’m glad to say that the Panel of Peers has not had much work… Read more
P2P Pensions Guide
Most people benefit from automatic tax breaks on peer-to-peer lending as explained in our guide: How Is Peer-to-Peer Lending Taxed? However, not everyone does, which can make lending through a pension attractive. And there are other advantages to lending in a pension. There are also cons though, so here’s everything you need to know: The main benefits of… Read more
P2P Site FundingSecure Collapse: 10 Things You Need To Know Today
At 10.48am yesterday (Wednesday, 23 October), UK financial regulator the Financial Conduct Authority released this notice. This made public the news that regulated P2P lending website FundingSecure had gone bust, with CG Recovery Ltd (CGRL) appointed as administrators to the failed platform. FundingSecure operated a peer-to-peer lending platform through which individual investors could lend their… Read more
How Peer-to-Peer Lending Works
We try to explain peer-to-peer lending in What Is Peer-to-Peer Lending? However, it can sometimes be easier in an image. So we’ve created one for you called “How Peer-to-Peer Lending Works – For Investors”. Click on it to open it up. There is a mobile-friendly version underneath. These images also explain how P2P IFISAs work,… Read more