For Most Firms, Old-Style Banking Isn’t Coming Back
Let’s start with what won’t happen in business lending. Politicians and pressure groups love to opine that we need a return to branch-based local ‘Bank Managers’, who knew each customer personally and...
View ArticlePerspective: 5 Challenges to the Progress of Peer-to-Peer Lending
The various forms of peer-to-peer (P2P) financing have emerged as valuable sources of funding for small companies and vehicles for investment among lenders around the world in recent years. In fact,...
View ArticleGLI Finance Adds to Portfolio with Investment in Credit Broker Funding Options
GLI Finance has added another name to its roster of companies that it owns or has a significant stake. GLI has invested £1.25 million in SME credit broker Funding Options for 28.9% ownership in...
View ArticleHow can SMEs in the North of the UK Respond to the Hidden Credit Crunch?
Overdrafts have been small businesses’ go-to source of working capital for years now — a dependable way to cover short-term cash flow issues and ride out periods of instability. But since 2011, the...
View ArticleIs Global Financial Regulation Putting a Stop to SME Growth in the UK?
It’s long been known that small businesses are one of the cornerstones of a healthy economy, and in the UK, SMEs account for a staggering 99.8% of incorporated companies. Without getting into a...
View ArticleFinance Shortfall Leaves Small UK Housebuilders in the Dust
In an allegory for the wider problem of SME funding, recent research has revealed that the UK’s small construction firms are struggling to return to the profits they achieved before the recession,...
View ArticleFunding Options Recommended for Bank Referral Scheme
Funding Options, a one-stop shop for SME finance, has been recommended for designation for the Bank Referral Scheme. Funding Options is a portfolio company of GLI Finance, an AIM listed company that...
View ArticleFor Most Firms, Old-Style Banking Isn’t Coming Back
Let’s start with what won’t happen in business lending. Politicians and pressure groups love to opine that we need a return to branch-based local ‘Bank Managers’, who knew each customer personally and...
View ArticlePerspective: 5 Challenges to the Progress of Peer-to-Peer Lending
The various forms of peer-to-peer (P2P) financing have emerged as valuable sources of funding for small companies and vehicles for investment among lenders around the world in recent years. In fact,...
View ArticleGLI Finance Adds to Portfolio with Investment in Credit Broker Funding Options
GLI Finance has added another name to its roster of companies that it owns or has a significant stake. GLI has invested £1.25 million in SME credit broker Funding Options for 28.9% ownership in...
View ArticleHow can SMEs in the North of the UK Respond to the Hidden Credit Crunch?
Overdrafts have been small businesses’ go-to source of working capital for years now — a dependable way to cover short-term cash flow issues and ride out periods of instability. But since 2011, the...
View ArticleIs Global Financial Regulation Putting a Stop to SME Growth in the UK?
It’s long been known that small businesses are one of the cornerstones of a healthy economy, and in the UK, SMEs account for a staggering 99.8% of incorporated companies. Without getting into a...
View ArticleFinance Shortfall Leaves Small UK Housebuilders in the Dust
In an allegory for the wider problem of SME funding, recent research has revealed that the UK’s small construction firms are struggling to return to the profits they achieved before the recession,...
View ArticleFunding Options Recommended for Bank Referral Scheme
Funding Options, a one-stop shop for SME finance, has been recommended for designation for the Bank Referral Scheme. Funding Options is a portfolio company of GLI Finance, an AIM listed company that...
View ArticleFunding Options Receives £5 Million Investment from Global Bank ING, Will...
Funding Options, a UK Fintech that provides a “supermarket” of financing options for SMEs, has received a £5 million investment from ING Ventures – the VC arm of the global bank. The additional capital...
View ArticleLending as a Service: Trade Ledger Boosts Corporate Leadership with New...
Trade Ledger, a lending-as-a-service platform, has announced several new appointments, as well as the formation of an advisory board as it reports rapid growth. Trade Ledger says its customer base has...
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