Georgina McCreadie

Georgina is the Global News Writer for AltFi. She writes extensively about peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding and online invoice finance. AltFi provides valuable coverage of the alternative finance space through a blend of news, events and data provision. Georgina also assists in organizing these events and is in close contact with the major platforms in the US, Europe and increasingly Asia. She holds a BA in History and Economics from the University of York and has completed placements with Citi and Nomura. 



Articles By Georgina McCreadie

The Alternative Finance Market in Germany

12th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

SoFi Closes $412million Securitization

11th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Direct Lending Investments Hires New CIO

10th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Healthcare Marketplace Lender Launches

10th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

CommonBond to Issue Securitization of Student Loans

10th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform Launches

9th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

BDO Partners with Finexkap

8th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

P2P Insurance Platform Launches

8th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Surveying the Marketplace Lending Space

4th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

LendKey Deploys $800 million

4th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Direct Lending Platform to IPO

4th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

DirectMoney Launches Retail Fund

29th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Spotcap Enters Australia

29th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New Equity Crowdfunding platform Launches in Canada

29th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Will Crowdfunding take off in Australia?

26th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New Ratings Released for Chinese P2P Platforms

22nd May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

RateSetter Australia Moves Into Secured Lending

19th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New Singapore-based P2B Platform Launches

19th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Moody’s Looks Ahead to P2B securitization in Europe

19th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

InvestNextDoor Boosts Loan Origination

18th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

loanDepot moves into Marketplace Lending

18th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Moody's take on Risk in P2P Securitizations

13th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Victory Park Commits $50m to The Credit Junction

13th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New P2P Lender to Launch in New Zealand

12th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Avant Reaches $1bn Loans

12th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Funding Circle Chases Business Loans

11th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Goldman Sachs Sizes Up Direct Lending

11th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

P2P Lending in Israel: Catching Up with TARYA

7th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

$30m Commitment for Sharestates

7th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Money360 Closes $2.9m Loan

7th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Regulations for Chinese P2P sector?

7th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

LendKey Secures Partnership with Banks

7th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

A Bitter Taste for Camden Town Brewery Crowdfunders?

7th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding Research Company Launched

7th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

First UK Crowdfunded Company Listed

7th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

The Beginning of P2P Derivatives?

6th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Works Pension Provision goes Live

6th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

VentureCrowd Enters the Property Market

30th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

SoFi Extends Parent Loans

30th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

A Return to Peer-to-Peer’s Roots

30th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

OnDeck Expands to Canada

29th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

US Crowdfunding Update

28th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

$3 million to be Raised on VentureCrowd

28th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

An IPO Opportunity?

28th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Privlo Enters New State

28th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfundraiser Readies Itself for Reg A+ Legislation

22nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Platform Gains License to Operate across the EU

22nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Ireland’s Sovereign Fund to Invest in P2P lending?

22nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lufax Valued at $10bn

22nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

China Rapid Finance Makes 800,000 Loans in 2 Months

22nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lendio Acquires Business Bounce

17th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New Canadian Marketplace Lending Platform Launches

16th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Money360 Secures $110 million Investment

16th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

LendKey Secures $1bn in Financing

16th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

AltFi Down Under: Marketlend

16th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

AltFi Launch Journal of Disruptive Finance

16th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Prosper and OnDeck Partner Up

15th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

OnDeck expands to Australia

15th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Avant Launches Lending Marketplace

15th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Citi enters Marketplace Lending

14th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

A Bitter Taste for Camden Town Brewery Crowdfunders?

13th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Direct Lending Fund to launch on LSE

13th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

GLIF Invests in Spanish P2P Platform

13th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Works Pension Provision goes Live

13th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

ApplePie Capital Raises $6 million

10th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Credit Suisse Invests in Prosper

9th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Patch of Land Raises $23.6 million

9th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

AssetAvenue Raises $11 million

9th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

SoFi Hits $2 billion Milestone

9th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

A Close-Up of the Marketplace Lending Space in Canada

7th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

LendInvest Partners with Property Platform

7th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

RateSetter enters Pension Market

7th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Interview with Andrew Graham, Borrowell

2nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Interview with Steven Uster, FundThrough

2nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Interview with Kevin Sandhu, Grouplend

2nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Funding Circle to be valued at $1bn?

2nd April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

French P2B platform raises €8 million

1st April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

AvantCredit Rebrands and Expands

1st April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Orchard Partners With Kabbage

1st April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Neil Woodford Backs P2P Lending

30th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

French P2P Lender Receives €28 million Investment

30th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Victory Park Portfolio Update

30th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Will Indiegogo Move Into Equity Crowdfunding?

30th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

SEC Changes Crowdfunding Rules

27th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

DirectMoney to List on ASX

26th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Privlo Moves Into New Mexico

26th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding Research Company Launched

26th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lendio Raises $20.5 million

25th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New Platform for Australian SMEs

25th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

SocietyOne Hires New COO

25th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

FundedByMe Pilots Bitcoin payments

24th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Real Estate Equity Crowdfunder Launches in Australia

24th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Equity Crowdfunder Acquires Rabble

24th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Grouplend Lowers Rates for Borrowers

20th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

CreditEase Improves Platform Technology

20th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Chinese P2P platform Blacklisted

20th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

AltFi Down Under: InvoiceBid

18th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New P2P platform launches in China

18th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

StreetShares receives $200m Investment

17th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

EVEN Financial raises $2.8 million

17th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Privlo expands into Texas

13th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Madiston LendLoanInvest Launches a Secondary Market

13th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Victory Park Fund Floats

13th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lendico Repositions Business

12th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

SoFi Expands Mortgage Product

12th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

LendEx Adds to Advisory Board

12th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

RateSetter Australia receives $10 million Investment

12th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

FICO brings Risk Management Platform to China

10th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Reporting the Strength of Real Estate Crowdfunding

10th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

More Whispers about SoFi IPO

10th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding in Texas Expands

6th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Biz2Credit partners with Merchant Industry

6th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Development of Internet Finance in China

6th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

New Crowdfunding Platform Launches in Singapore

5th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding starts up in Michigan

4th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

A closer look at Lending Club’s results

4th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Chinese Media Company moves into P2P Lending

4th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Prosper Partners with Small Banks

27th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Online Business Lender Launches in Canada

26th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Victory Park Capital plans to list P2P Fund

26th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Victory Park Invests Through Funding Circle

20th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Solvesting launches in Kenya

20th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Sindeo Secures Series A Funding

20th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Beehive expands into SME Invoice Financing

19th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding comes to Texas

19th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Privlo Expansion Continues

19th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

SoFi moves into Consumer Loans

18th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Ex-Credit Suisse private banker joins OurCrowd

17th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Investly gains Equity Investment

17th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Yinfu Gold Acquires Chinese P2P Platform

12th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

P2P Expanding in Hong Kong

11th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Orchard Partners with Mainspring Funding

11th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club Teams Up with Small Banks

9th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

OnDeck to Boost Business Loans

5th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club partners with Alibaba

3rd February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Victory Park to Float P2P Fund

3rd February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Bolstr gets Capital Boost

3rd February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

SoFi Steams Ahead: Raises $200 million

3rd February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Arianna Huffington joins Payoff

30th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Ratings for Prosper Loans

30th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Biz2Credit Partners with Payment Provider

30th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Prosper Acquires American HealthCare Lending

28th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Funding Circle Launches Fractional Loan Marketplace

28th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Sindeo Selects New Staff

28th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Indian P2P Lending: Catching Up with FairCent

28th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Chinese Company Publishes P2P Blacklist

28th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

LendingRobot Levels the Field for Retail Investors

23rd January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

ApplePie Capital Strikes Deal

23rd January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

P2P GI Increases Raise to £250 million

23rd January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Privlo Pushes Into California

23rd January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

OnDeck Opens Up Marketplace

22nd January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

AssetAvenue Advances

22nd January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Works Adds to Board

20th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdcube Hires New CFO

20th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Investment in Asian P2P Increases

20th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Eureeca Eyes Up Emerging Markets

19th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Google partners with Lending Club

16th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Growing Opportunities in Asian P2P

14th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding: a Fundraisers Perspective

13th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Bitcoin Company Completes Cross-border Crowdfund

13th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Harmoney Raises a Further $10 million

12th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club Chases Business Loans

9th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club to Give a Boost to Female Entrepreneurs

8th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Funding for Dutch Farmers

7th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Dim Outlook for British Businesses

7th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

CircleUp Adds to Board

7th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Open Energy Gains Momentum

6th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Direct Lending Invests $250 million in P2B Lender

30th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

First UK Crowdfunded Company Listed

29th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

LoanBook Hits Lending Milestone

23rd December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Are Banks shunning Peer-to-Peer lending?

22nd December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

OnDeck’s First Day Trading

18th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

OnDeck Sets Price for IPO

17th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Will the SEC lift US crowdfunding out of the Doldrums?

16th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Solar P2P Platform Partners Up

16th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

What Next for Lending Club?

12th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club’s First Day Trading

12th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club to Float Today

11th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

LendingClub Boosts IPO Size

9th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Murray Inquiry reveals importance of Crowdfunding

9th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club Boosts Board

5th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

$5.4 million Investment in Canadian P2P Platform

5th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

MarketInvoice Beefs Up Board

5th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

OnDeck Announces Price Guidance

5th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Double First for Funding Circle

3rd December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Who is Investing in P2P Loans?

3rd December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club Gives Price Guidance

2nd December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Exploring Perceptions of the FSCS Scheme

2nd December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Zopa Solidifies Fraud Protection

27th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club Increases IPO Size

27th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdnetic to Bring Increased Clarity to UK Crowdfunding Space

25th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding a Crowdfunder

21st November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Alternative Finance Crosses Borders

21st November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

US Crowdfunding gets a Transparency Boost

21st November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Launch of a New Industry Accelerator

20th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Lending Club Diversifies Product Set

20th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Orchard Adds New Layer to Platform

19th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

The First Platform to Disrupt the Franchise Loan Market

19th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Assetz Poised to go Green

19th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Rebuilding ThinCats

18th November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie