Company Snapshot: Funding Circle
- Date:June 17, 2015
- Author(s):
- Tristan Hugo-Webb
- Research Topic(s):
- Credit
- PAID CONTENT
Overview
New peer-to-peer lender is disrupting traditional lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Traditional financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is still constricted after the global economic downturn and eurozone crisis. Funding Circle has created an alternative lending platform that enables SMEs to obtain funding through a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects individuals with businesses.
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