Funding Options uses modern web technology to help SMEs to find the right finance
Based in the UK, Funding Options uses modern web technology to make it easier for small firms to access the right finance. Previously selected by judges from SWIFT as one of the world’s most promising financial technology (FinTech) firms, in 2015 Funding Options is a finalist in both Computing Magazine's UK IT Industry Awards and the IFS Financial Innovation Awards
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https://thefintechtimes.com/uk-government-covid...
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https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/06/santande...
Santander’s Asto offers loans to SMEs on Funding Options - FinTech Futures
Asto, Santander's fintech app, has partnered with alternative UK lender Funding Options to offer business capital loans to early-stage start-ups and SMEs.
Fintastico Team
7 months
https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2020/a...
Asto To Work As Funding Options Lender Partner | PYMNTS.com
Asto will now be offering flexible loans for SMBs on the Funding Options platform. SMBs will have control over how they use the money and pay it back.
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7 months
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/83025/ast...
Asto and Funding Options team up to offer flexible loans to small businesses
Asto Business Capital loans are now available on Funding Options as part of a new partnership with the business finance marketplace.
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7 months, 1 week
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Initial backlash from fintech industry to government-backed loan schemes has been tempered as more fintechs get accredited | The Fintech Times
The initial backlash from the fintech industry to the government-backed loan schemes to help companies damaged by Covid-19 has been tempered in recent weeks as more non-bank lenders have been accredited
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7 months, 1 week
https://thefintechtimes.com/initial-backlash-fr...
Initial backlash from fintech industry to government-backed loan schemes has been tempered as more fintechs get accredited | The Fintech Times
The initial backlash from the fintech industry to the government-backed loan schemes to help companies damaged by Covid-19 has been tempered in recent weeks as more non-bank lenders have been accredited
Fintastico Team
8 months, 1 week
https://thefintechtimes.com/why-fintechs-should...
Why FinTechs should be at the heart of rebuilding the post-Covid economy | The Fintech Times
The Covid-19 crisis and subsequent initiatives like the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) have created a huge challenge for lenders. The government has tasked them with distributing billions of pounds to SMEs in a matter of weeks. All while sticking to the normal compliance and risk procedures that, while essential, can delay decisions.
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8 months, 1 week
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Nick Ogden: Alternative lending sector must be harnessed by UK government schemes
Involving the alternative lending sector is the key to addressing the problem of distributing government loans and other support to businesses struggling as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown, according to the founder of ClearBank and RTGS Global Nick Ogden.
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ING leads SME fintech Countingup’s £4m fundraise - AltFi News
The funding will help the fintech to streamline its services to help SMEs through the ongoing pandemic.
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8 months, 3 weeks
https://www.euromoney.com/article/b1lhggklb7jbk...
How fintech can save us from Covid-19
Financial technology is not being employed to its best effect, while the coronavirus financial relief effort is struggling. Banks need to innovate and work with fintechs if they are to ensure that the most vulnerable do not get left behind.
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https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/04/uk-offer...
UK offers 100% government backed loans, but alternative lenders still fenced out
Funding Options says HM Treasury should "embrace the full ecosystem of lenders" in the SME sector.
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8 months, 4 weeks
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/04/british-...
British Business Bank approves another four lenders for CBILS
These new joiners can lend between £10,000 and £5 million to small businesses.
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9 months
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/04/uk-lende...
UK lenders call on government for £5bn to help SMEs before month end
The group is welcoming all UK lenders to join the effort to keep British SMEs afloat.
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9 months
https://thefintechtimes.com/tft-webinar-review-...
TFT Webinar Review: The Effect of COVID19 Pandemic on Marketplaces | The Fintech Times
In this 60-minute webinar, Jim Marous, Brett King, Ron Shevlin & JP Nicols debate the future of banking post the coronavirus lockdown.
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9 months
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TFT Webinar Review: The Effect of COVID19 Pandemic on Marketplaces | The Fintech Times
In this 60-minute webinar, Jim Marous, Brett King, Ron Shevlin & JP Nicols debate the future of banking post the coronavirus lockdown.
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9 months
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencewintermeye...
U.K. Small Businesses Going Bust: Fintech’s Godfather Lobbies Government To Take Action Now
Nick Ogden has put together a new consortium to deliver liquidity to U.K. small businesses. As of April 24, just $1.35 billion of $405 billion SME loans in the CBILS scheme had been granted. The consortium is today offering to support the Government in speeding up the allocation of funds.
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9 months, 1 week
https://learnbonds.com/news/uk-fintech-lenders-...
UK fintech lenders sidelined in government's £330bn bid to fund small firms - LearnBonds.com
The British Business Bank has added five new lenders to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) task force – The Co-operative Bank, Cynergy Bank, [...]
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9 months, 2 weeks
https://thefintechtimes.com/funding-options-has...
Funding Options has called on the Government | The Fintech Times
Funding Options has called on the government to allow more agile lenders and B2B marketplaces to support UK independent businesses during the Covid-19
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9 months, 2 weeks
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Funding Options has called on the Government | The Fintech Times
Funding Options has called on the government to allow more agile lenders and B2B marketplaces to support UK independent businesses during the Covid-19
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9 months, 2 weeks
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/04/what-wou...
What would a coronavirus start-up aid package mean for UK fintech?
Coronavirus could "wipe out a generation of start-ups", says one fintech founder.
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9 months, 2 weeks
https://thefintechtimes.com/minutes-not-hours-f...
Minutes not hours: Funding Options uses Open Banking to reduce business loan decision times | The Fintech Times
Funding Options, the marketplace for business finance, is now using Open Banking to make it quicker and easier for businesses to access finance.
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9 months, 2 weeks
https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2020/f...
Funding Options Strikes Open Banking Deal | PYMNTS.com
Funding Options' new open banking scheme will allow alternative lenders an easy new way to access info and begin helping during the pandemic.
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https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/04/funding-...
Funding Options plugs into open banking with 20 lenders
The firm wants to cut down loan decisioning times amid coronavirus urgency.
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Fintech lender Funding Options sees £1bn spike in loans from small firms frustrated by high street banks - LearnBonds.com
Small business lender Funding Options said it received thousands of applications worth over £1bn in March from crisis-strapped businesses, a huge spike compared to previous [...]