AltFi - British Business Bank

Articles Featuring British Business Bank

Allica Bank reports 500% revenue growth for 2022

3rd May 2023 | Daniel Lanyon

What are the strategic priorities for B2B lenders?

24th April 2023 | Oliver Smith

Climate-focused investment platform Clim8 closes down

28th March 2023 | Amelia Isaacs

Challenger bank SME lending hit £35.5bn in 2022, overtaking incumbents

1st March 2023 | Oliver Smith

LendInvest and British Business Bank partner to help build more homes

24th January 2023 | Amelia Isaacs

Form3 secures €23m in venture debt funding

2nd November 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Ada Ventures raises £36m second fund to back more diverse founders

4th October 2022 | Oliver Smith

British Business Bank’s results show £12.2bn of financing

28th September 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

What does the Chancellor’s “mini budget” mean for fintech?

26th September 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Atom Bank accredited under new iteration of the Recovery Loan Scheme

2nd September 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Oxbury Bank secures £25m funding line from British Business Investments

31st August 2022 | Oliver Smith

The changing state of UK alternative lending in 2022

16th August 2022 | Marc Shoffman

First lenders accredited for new iteration of Recovery Loan Scheme

11th August 2022 | Oliver Smith

UK Bounce Back Loan data puts Metro Bank and other lenders in the spotlight

29th July 2022 | Oliver Smith

Eagerly awaited £47bn BBLS lending data report not "definitive nor conclusive"

25th July 2022 | John Reynolds

British Business Investments appoints Judith Hartley as CEO

22nd July 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Changing of the guard: Funding Circle’s new UK MD says “the atmosphere here hasn’t changed”

11th July 2022 | Marc Shoffman

Investment in UK smaller businesses ‘almost doubles’ in 2021

23rd June 2022 | Will McCurdy

500,000 businesses saved by covid loan schemes, claims report

14th June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Allica Bank secures £55m in equity and debt round

14th June 2022 | Oliver Smith

British Business Bank hires new CEO

9th June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

ThinCats appoints Aldermore Bank IT head as new CTO

14th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Folk2Folk set to report record profits as forecasts further consolidation of alternative finance market

9th March 2022 | John Reynolds

The biggest barrier facing female entrepreneurs

8th March 2022 | Judith Hartley

Seeds of change: US venture capital swung (slightly) towards female founders in 2021

8th March 2022 | Oliver Smith

ThinCats brings former CEO of British Business Bank in as Chair

17th January 2022 | Liza Tetley

BBB ups funding facility to non-bank lender Simply

17th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Folk2Folk lands £7m from British Business Investments

30th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

UK VC funds catch up to their US rivals

26th November 2021 | John Reynolds

Rishi Sunak to unveil £150m cash pot for angel investors

25th October 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Rishi Sunak set to extend the UK’s Recovery Loan Scheme until June 2022

25th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

British Business Bank leaps from £8bn to £89bn of business lending in 12 months

22nd September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Revealed: The fintech startups backed by the UK government Future Fund

14th September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Tide under fire over lack of Pay As You Grow repayment option for SMEs

10th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Assetz Capital gave £370m boost to SMEs through CBILS

29th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Where is small business lending heading next?

29th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

The average UK tech start-up is valued at £100m after bumper year for VC funding

17th June 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

British Patient Capital adds $75m to Balderton’s $680m Capital Growth fund

10th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

UPDATE 3: Which fintechs are offering government-backed Recovery Loans?

2nd June 2021 | Oliver Smith

Funding Circle accredited to Recovery Loan Scheme

28th May 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Northern challenger bank B-North strengthens team with five senior hires

17th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

Recovery Loan Scheme goes live

7th April 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Recovery Loan Scheme: The good, the bad and the ugly

15th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo-backer Passion Capital opens latest £45m fund to retail investors via Seedrs

10th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

MarketFinance hits profitability

10th March 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

British Patient Capital CEO: venture capital needs to do more to advance women

8th March 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech needs more women

8th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Recovery Loan Scheme to replace Bounce Back and Business Interruption Loans next month

3rd March 2021 | Oliver Smith

British Business Bank says Covid lending has hit £73bn ahead of the Budget

25th February 2021 | Oliver Smith

Pay As You Grow: New Bounce Back Loan repayment options for 1.5m SME borrowers

8th February 2021 | Oliver Smith

Syndicate Room gets £10m backing from British Business Bank’s investment arm

27th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

B-North secures new investment from Greater Manchester Combined Authority

8th January 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

AltFi’s most-read stories of 2020: Part 2

6th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Fintech’s biggest hires and departures of 2020

5th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

2021: A year of challenges or opportunities?

14th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

MarketFinance secures European bank funding through CrossLend tie-up

11th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

Iwoca aims to double CBILS lending to £200m in three months

13th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Funding Circle fund scores £30m from British Business Investments

5th November 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

British Patient Capital reaches £1bn of venture capital funding

3rd November 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Assetz Capital bags £25m from British Business Investments

28th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

British Business Investments appoints Adam Kelly as new MD

27th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

OakNorth Bank dishes out over £1bn in new loans as it’s awarded additional CBILS allocation by the British Business Bank

13th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Taxpayers could lose up to £26bn due to BBLS fraud and defaults, says watchdog

7th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Bounce Back Loans saved SMEs, but more still needs to be done, say CEOs of alternative lenders

5th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Alternative lender White Oak provides over £100m to coronavirus-hit SMEs

2nd October 2020 | Aisling Finn

British Business Bank makes multi-million pound investment in Shawbrook Bank

18th September 2020 | John Reynolds

“You absolutely can’t ignore” the fintech industry, says new CEO of the British Business Bank

17th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs to play an “even more important” role coming out of lockdown, says British Business Bank

16th September 2020 | John Reynolds

British Business Bank appoints interim CEO to its subsidiaries British Business Investments and British Patient Capital

19th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

OakNorth Bank lends £220m through CBILS and CLBILS, receives additional allocation from British Business Bank

12th August 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Newest alternative lender accredited under CBILS

12th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Government-backed loan schemes benefit businesses in every region of the UK

7th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Assetz Capital reveals itself as twelfth fintech looking for a slice of the £100m Pool E BCR fund

6th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Thought Machine raises an extra $42m to bring Series B funding round to $125m

28th July 2020 | John Reynolds

British Business Bank founding chairman calls for the organisation to take a bigger role in the post-Covid world

27th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Iwoca hails role of accountants in helping CBILS process

21st July 2020 | John Reynolds

Have fintech lenders been completely sidelined?

15th July 2020 | John Davies

Sonovate becomes BCR’s 7th public bidder with £5m Pool E proposal

14th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

ThinCats opens up CBILS lending to new customers

13th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Funding Circle joins Bounce Back Loan Scheme as it cuts US headcount by 85

8th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Tide shutters Bounce Back Loans as funding runs out

8th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s most read stories of 2020 (so far)

2nd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Nucleus, LendingCrowd and FOLK2FOLK among new CBILS lenders

1st July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Covid-19 Future Fund diversity data revealed

23rd June 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

British Business Bank appoints Catherine Lewis La Torre as interim CEO

10th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Greensill, Metro Bank and OakNorth among new lenders added to CLBILS

10th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

OakNorth partners with PNC bank to introduce a Covid-19 vulnerability rating

5th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

British Business Investments pledges up to £40m to Columbia Lake Partners’ second fund

4th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Silicon Valley Bank joins list of CBILS-accredited lenders

4th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Tide addresses “abusive posts” on social media over Bounce Back Loans

3rd June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Metro Bank becomes latest Bounce Back Loans accredited lender

29th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Counting Bounce Back Loans and CBILS lending, Starling Bank claims to have reached £600m of its BCR loan pledge

29th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

British Business Bank accredits four new CBILS lenders to help Northern Powerhouse SMEs

27th May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Exclusive: OakNorth allocated £160m more of government-backed loans

22nd May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

UPDATE 3: Which fintechs are offering government-backed CBILS, CLBILS or Bounce Back loans?

21st May 2020 | Aisling Finn

What’s going on with Tide and Starling Bank’s Bounce Back Loans?

20th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Alternative lender iwoca joins list of CBILS accredited lenders

20th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Breaking: Monzo’s chief credit officer Tim Trailor has joined Capital On Tap

19th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Tide and Liberis accredited to government loan schemes

18th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

MarketFinance and Capital on Tap among newly-approved CBILS and Bounce Back Loan lenders

13th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

British Business Bank COVID-19 loans top £14 billion

13th May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

CBILS loans hit £5.5bn of lending to SMEs

7th May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank set to join Barclays and Lloyds as an accredited lender under Bounce Back Loan scheme

4th May 2020 | John Reynolds

P2P lender Folk2Folk achieves profitability following cost-cutting

1st May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank gears up to offer loans under Bounce Back Loans scheme

29th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech industry gives cautious welcome to government’s new micro loan scheme

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Assessing creditworthiness in a time of radical uncertainty

27th April 2020 | Josh Cook

Thincats and Paragon Bank in new wave of lenders added to coronavirus loans panel

27th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintechs react to government’s £1.25bn startup package

21st April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Government launches £1.25bn fund to support start-ups

20th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

British Business Investments backs new £75m regional investment pot

20th April 2020 | Josh Cook

Funding Circle joins growing list of CBILS accredited fintechs

17th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Government coronavirus loans scheme to open for large firms

17th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

UK banks have made just 6,000 SME coronavirus loans

15th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Innovate Finance urges government to keep non-bank lending lines open

15th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank and OakNorth among new lenders added to coronavirus loans panel

14th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

COVID-19: SME lenders need to put their digital transformation into overdrive

8th April 2020 | Nik Haidar

Funding Options agrees Open Banking data partnership with 20 lenders

7th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

The UK should follow Australia’s lead and support non-bank lenders

4th April 2020 | Christian Faes

Fintech lenders can channel £1bn per month to SMEs in the UK

2nd April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech needs help, not a handout

30th March 2020 | Michael Baptista

Two-thirds of SMEs believe Government coronavirus loans won’t reach them in time

25th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme opens applications for new lenders

25th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme opens up to SME applications across UK

24th March 2020 | John Reynolds

Covid-19 Fintech Watch: Fintechs warn government SME loans will fail | US bank branches close | Bank of England scraps stress test

20th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Budget 2020: How the fintech and alternative finance industry reacted

12th March 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Budget 2020: £1bn boost for lenders signed up to British Business Bank’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee

11th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

British Business Bank reveals peer-to-peer losses exceed average in its investments arm

11th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

It's time for a 10x UK sovereign wealth fund

10th March 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Dear Chancellor: Here’s what fintechs want from Rishi Sunak’s 2020 Budget

2nd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Barclays launches “largest ever” loan cashback scheme with British Business Bank

28th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

OakNorth and British Business Bank bosses make New Years Honours’ list

30th December 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

TransferWise co-founder backs seed fund investing in "overlooked" start-ups

11th December 2019 | John Reynolds

British Business Bank CEO Keith Morgan to step down in 2020

31st October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Treasury’s bank referral scheme provides alternative loans for just 6pc of small firms

30th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Manchester fintech start-up hires former British Business Bank boss as chairman

27th August 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi Insights: Funding Circle has sneezed, will the alternative lending industry catch a cold?

8th July 2019 | Roger Baird

British Business Bank adds £60m firepower to non-bank lender

17th June 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

LendingCrowd strikes £19m small business deal with Scottish Investment Bank and Dutch lender

21st May 2019 | Roger Baird

British Business Bank hands out £200m Brexit boost to small firms

17th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Funding Circle SME Income fund opts for wind down as the platform plans new capital sources

5th April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

OakNorth strikes £133m deal with British Business Bank

28th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Commercial broking trade body launches finance platform

12th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Small retailers chase new financing to survive high street cull

11th February 2019 | Roger Baird

A year in fintech & alternative finance: part 2

14th January 2019 | Roger Baird

New institutional investor to fund £1bn of UK loans through Funding Circle

7th December 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Government to channel another £150m through Funding Circle

28th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Funding Circle fund pivots away from US exposure, eyes British Business Bank partnership

12th July 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

The great fintech handout

26th April 2018 | David Stevenson

LendInvest: lean on alternative lenders to tackle housing crisis

19th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Interview: Liberis secures £57.5m in debt and equity fundraise

11th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Banks up MarketInvoice investments as lending grows

26th March 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Funding Circle boss: Make our loans Central Bank eligible

6th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Aussie fintech lenders agree to code of conduct

2nd March 2018 | David Tuckwell

New lower mid-market direct lending fund launches

11th December 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

UK positioned to win in fintech, despite Brexit uncertainty

11th December 2017 | Karen G. Mills

British Business Investments injects £30m in SMEs through online lending platform

4th December 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Budget 2017: Good news for fintech, less good for UK growth

23rd November 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Time for a BDC revolution here in the UK

20th October 2017 | David Stevenson

Why Jeremy Corbyn could be great for fintech

4th October 2017 | David Tuckwell

MENA peer-to-peer lender gets government backing as part of $5m round

2nd October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

French marketplace lender Younited Credit raises €40m for European expansion

19th September 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Why are UK start-ups not scaling up and what can be done about it during Brexit?

4th September 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Fund manager wins £90m EU-backed private debt mandate

30th August 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Time for a new market for mini bonds

29th August 2017 | David Stevenson

AltFi Data scoops equity investment, appoints advisory board

21st August 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Marketplace lender Funding Circle forms strategic partnership with Aegon

17th August 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Wealthtech scores record number of deals in Q2 2017

24th July 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Peer-to-peer lenders have their say ahead of election

7th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Australia's alternative lenders love the 2017 budget

10th May 2017 | David Tuckwell

Xero expands capital and credit sources to UK Business

22nd March 2017 | Lisa Walls-Hester

Alternative lenders strike tasty partnership with Just Eat

9th March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Leading marketplace lender Funding Circle tops £2bn mark

20th February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech lenders are “absolutely” revolutionising credit underwriting, says MarketInvoice CEO

1st February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger bank OakNorth scoops £30m from British Business Bank

12th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Funding Circle snags fresh $100m in equity fundraise

12th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

British Business Bank to invest another £40m through Funding Circle

9th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

What to watch out for in alternative finance in 2017

3rd January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Alternative finance’s 2016 in review

30th December 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Online Lending Post-Brexit: Why We Were Undeterred by the Referendum Vote

26th December 2016 | Niels Turfboer

MarketInvoice blows by £1bn in invoices funded, strikes fourth local authority tie-up

28th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Hammond’s first Autumn Statement offers some encouragement to AltFi sector

24th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

What is CCDS, and what does it mean for the alternative finance sector?

11th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

How our government missed the opportunity to fix our dysfunctional business banking system

28th October 2016 | Dermot Crean

Funding Circle CEO: “There’s no such thing as a hybrid lender”

10th October 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Is fintech now “more bark than bite”? Starling Bank thinks so

26th September 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Bank referral scheme to go live early next quarter

23rd September 2016 | Ryan Weeks

MarketInvoice kicks off regional funding programme

8th September 2016 | Ryan Weeks

UK firms still focused on bank lending – but will Brexit change that?

27th July 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Relaunch of EFG for Alternative Finance Providers

21st July 2016 | Max Chmyshuk

Funding Circle hires ex-Nomura boss as global CFO

13th July 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Carney frees up £150bn in bank lending

6th July 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Meekings calls on British Business Bank to step up

29th June 2016 | Ryan Weeks

British Business Bank seeks new lenders for EFG scheme

21st June 2016 | Ryan Weeks

European Investment Bank backs Funding Circle with £100m

20th June 2016 | Ryan Weeks

GLI Boss Clarifies Strategic Vision

20th May 2016 | Ryan Weeks

In defence of marketplace lending in the UK

11th May 2016 | Ryan Weeks

British Business Bank backs its first cash advance platform

22nd March 2016 | David Stevenson

Budget Update 2016: Chancellor sweetens the pill for investors and savers

17th March 2016 | David Stevenson

Positive Signs for UK SMEs

2nd February 2016 | Ryan Weeks

What Will 2016 Hold For Alternative Finance?

19th January 2016 | Alex Littner

What to watch out for in 2016

4th January 2016 | Ryan Weeks

BBB to Lend to SMEs Through RateSetter

10th December 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Lloyds expects “many thousands of customers a month” to be passed into finance

10th November 2015 | Neil Edwards

On the Ground at LendIt Europe

26th October 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Merchant Cash and Capital Rebrands

18th September 2015 | Ryan Weeks

MarketInvoice Blasts Past Half a Billion

17th September 2015 | Sam Griffiths

Next Step in Referrals Process

29th July 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Tinder for Equity Crowdfunding

5th June 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Investors be aware! Do you know the risks?

11th May 2015 | Barry Rogers

GLIF Buys A Slice of the Mandatory Referral Scheme

6th May 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Lending Review

6th May 2015 | AltFi

New Tie Up in the SME Funding Space

30th April 2015 | Ryan Weeks

SME Lending Technology Provider Launches Capital Vehicle

29th April 2015 | Ryan Weeks

GLIF’s Alternative Manifesto

16th April 2015 | AltFi

Bank-to-SME Lending Set for a Boost?

27th March 2015 | Ryan Weeks

The Revolution in Business Finance

26th March 2015 | Andrew van der Lem

An Interview With the British Business Bank

25th March 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Budget 2015 Review: Key Takeaways for the Alternative Finance Space

18th March 2015 | Ryan Weeks

MarketInvoice Strikes Major Funding Deal

10th March 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Why does the UK lead the way in peer-to-peer lending?

3rd February 2015 | Stuart Law

The AltFi Frontline: The Year in Equity Crowdfunding

31st December 2014 | Ryan Weeks

RateSetter Provides Insight Into Evolution of Marketplace

19th December 2014 | Ryan Weeks

Government to Drive Growth of Equity Crowdfunding

4th December 2014 | Ryan Weeks

Double First for Funding Circle

3rd December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

A Landmark Autumn Statement for the P2P Space

3rd December 2014 | AltFi

Major Reshuffle at Platform Black

20th November 2014 | Ryan Weeks

Manchester invests £16 million in MarketInvoice

4th November 2014 | AltFi

Opinions Split Over British Business Bank

27th October 2014 | AltFi

Funding Circle’s Partnership Puzzle is Coming Together

22nd October 2014 | AltFi

City Investors Join P2P Party

16th October 2014 | Sam Griffiths

A Government Backed Crowdfunding Platform?

2nd October 2014 | AltFi

Peer-to-Peer Platforms Continue to Fill FLS Void

28th August 2014 | AltFi

Referral System Confirmed as Government Plans for UK to Rule the World of Fintech

6th August 2014 | AltFi

The AltFi Frontline: A Continental Disparity

20th July 2014 | Ryan Weeks

RateSetter Innovates in Search of Volume

14th July 2014 | AltFi

City Councils Flock to Funding Circle

12th May 2014 | AltFi

AltFinance Platforms Are No Threat to Banks

27th February 2014 | AltFi

Government Gets Behind P2B Lending

24th February 2014 | AltFi

British Business Bank

Company Members

Matt Adey

Marilena Ioannidou

Jake Horwood

Articles Featuring British Business Bank