Tagged: funding circle

July 20, 2022 @ 6:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle, which claims to be the United Kingdom’s largest small business loan platform, recently announced the appointment of Bruno Tavares as VP of Engineering. Bruno has “a strong background in technology, built on more than twenty years of industry experience.” He has “a clear… Read More

June 24, 2022 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This month, Funding Circle, one of the UK’s largest small business loan platforms, has refreshed its ‘Money To Do More’ scheme “with enhanced benefits for Funding Circle employees, known as Circlers.” The company has “set aside £300k this year, with each of Funding Circle’s 600… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 2:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle recently appointed a new Managing Director to lead FlexiPay expansion. Funding Circle, which claims to be one the UK’s largest small business loan platforms, confirmed the appointment of Jerome Fernandez as Managing Director, FlexiPay. FlexiPay is described as “the first short-term finance product… Read More

May 23, 2022 @ 1:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The partnership will leverage the platform’s machine learning capabilities “to deploy new funding to UK small businesses over a two-year period.” Funding Circle, which claims to be the UK’s largest small business loan platform, and Waterfall, an institutional asset manager, recently announced their lending partnership… Read More

April 22, 2022 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle founder Samir Desai has reportedly secured $30 million in funding from key investors such as Accel and Local Globe in order to support the roll-out of Super Payments, a newly-established Fintech venture, Sky News reported. A co-founder of Funding Circle, one of the… Read More

November 19, 2021 @ 6:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Responsible Business Lending Coalition (RBLC), a group that includes online lenders LendingClub (NYSE:LC) and Funding Circle, has issued a statement in support of legislation introduced in both the US House and Senate. The Small Business Lending Disclosure Act of 2021, is described as establishing “common-sense… Read More

September 9, 2021 @ 9:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lisa Jacobs, Managing Director of Funding Circle UK  (LSE: FCH)  will succeed Samir Desai CBE as Chief Executive Officer beginning January 1st, 2022. The news was revealed today alongside Funding Circle’s financial results. Jacobs joined Funding Circle in September 2012 as Chief Strategy Officer. Prior… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, an online lender for SMEs, has launched a buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments product thus expanding its set of Fintech services. In a release, Funding Circle announced FlexiPay in a move to “revolutionize” the £1 trillion payments market. Funding Circle says that… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 10:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the U.S. and parts of Europe, recently announced it received accreditation under the British Business Bank’s Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). Funding Circle reported that RLS loans will be offered alongside the platform’s… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 5:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the U.S. and parts of Europe, announced on Friday it has teamed up with Atom Bank to provide £300 million of new funding to small businesses. Through the collaboration, Atom will use… Read More

March 3, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online lender Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) recently noted in blog to its small business customers what the roadmap out of the COVID-19 lockdown means for small businesses. On February 22, 2021, the UK government announced its “highly anticipated” four-phase roadmap out of the Coronavirus-related lockdown —… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An article from Global Capital notes that more securitizations of United Kingdom government-backed SME loans are being carried out in private. Last month, Funding Circle had reportedly finalized a deal with Sixth Street and Barclays. Since the UK’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) was… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) has apparently sold 300 individual loans to Azzurro Associates, a subsidiary of  Elliott Management, a US-based fund manager with approximately $41 billion in assets. The sale of these loans may garner additional regulatory scrutiny as they include personal guarantees from… Read More

November 12, 2020 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) has emerged as the 5th largest Coronavirus Business Interruption Lending Scheme (CBILS) originator, according to the company Funding Circle is a top Fintech lender serving the SME market in the UK and several other countries. During its most recent earnings release, Funding… Read More

November 8, 2020 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, has acquired £30 million in capital from British Business Investments. British Business Investments operates as a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank. Funding Circle plans to… Read More

October 9, 2020 @ 9:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, notes that the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) was originally scheduled to end on September 30, 2020. But the UK government has confirmed that the CBILS… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) founder and CEO Samir Desai has purchased 163,017 shares in his company at an average per-share price of £0.6201696 according to a filing with the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Funding Circle went public in 2018 at a price per share of 440… Read More

September 7, 2020 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, notes that the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) will be ending in early November of this year. The BBLS has been provided via the British Business Bank… Read More

August 9, 2020 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, says it’s reevaluating whether it should begin leveraging Open Banking technology. The company claims that it has managed to improve its customer experience, and would now like… Read More

July 30, 2020 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, recently noted that as the Coronavirus-related lockdown measures are eased, many businesses in the United Kingdom are preparing to open up again. However, even for businesses that… Read More