Alternative finance

Islamic finance is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world, targeting a vast portion of the global population that [...]

Innovation is the key to growing the economy and creating prosperity. It creates new industries, transforms old ones, and often [...]

Now nudging £5 billion a year, peer-to-peer and crowd lending platforms have entered the mainstream during a post-financial crisis era [...]

When Cormac Leech, chief executive of new crowd funding litigation platform Axiafunder, is questioned about the potential 20-30 per cent [...]

A property investor is offering small retail investors the chance to buy a slice of east London property after launching [...]

It's September. Fresh-faced graduates are buying their first suits, working out their daily commute and learning how to use the [...]

Harriet Green talks to GLI Finance’s Louise Beaumont on how alternative finance is changing the landscape of fundraising for SMEs [...]

With just a tap of your phone – or even your watch – it’s never been easier to pay people [...]

PRIVATE equity investment into UK small and medium sized firms hit a two year high in the first half of [...]

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Zopa has announced that former chief financial officer Jaidev Janardana has been promoted to the top spot [...]

Something momentous has happened to the UK peer-to-peer lending industry, as the government finally confirmed its plans to introduce a [...]

What's the connection between charities and alternative finance? Currently, the answer is not a lot – charities are often big, [...]

Tennis ace Andy Murray is busy working on his investment portfolio off the courts, it seems – after he invested in [...]

Next time you’re splitting a restaurant bill or paying your mate back for a shared Uber ride, there’s no need [...]