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Alternative Finance Is Replacing Bank Lending For Start-ups/SME’s
The Bank of England has just released the latest figures for its FLS (Funding for Loans Scheme) and the figures really do speak for themselves. With a decline of £0.2bn in the last quarter of 2015, we have sufficient evidence to show that the banks simply aren’t providing for smaller enterprises anymore....
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Equity Crowdfunding: Don't Be A Banker
I have seen a lot of articles and comments lately referring to the Equity Crowdfunding market and the current ‘problems’ it has. Constant comments from ex-bankers/high net worth individuals are jeopardising the market and converting it to become more suitable for them. There is no denying that...
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Equity Crowdfunding: Overfunded: Blessing Or A Curse?
Overfunded: Blessing or Curse? Crowdfunding has played a huge role in helping businesses get the boost they need and gain the funds they need. Equity Crowdfunding is the same practice however; it involves the selling of shares within your business as opposed to products/promotions. Now you would...
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Business Agent challenges Lord Turner’s irresponsible scaremongering
Lord Turner former head of FSA stated yesterday "The losses on peer-to-peer lending which will emerge within the next five to ten years will make the worst bankers look like absolute lending geniuses." Sacha Bright, CEO of FCA approved Crowdfunding aggregator, has responded that he sees...
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Crowdfunding Response to US Interest Rate Hike
Business Agent, the first FCA approved Crowdfunding Aggregator has responded to the first US interest rate rise in a decade by pointing UK investors to crowdfunding as a way to achieve a return on their surplus cash rather than looking to move their money abroad. ‘After so many years of virtually...
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Response to autumn statement
Mr Osborne states - let's fix the roof whilst the sun is shining, I could not agree more. He highlighted that the rich pay more taxes now than ever before. I would like to have more incentives for the rich to invest in small businesses through more creative tax credit schemes. Why not increase the...
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CALL FOR THE CHANCELLOR TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT INTO GROWTH BUSINESSES
BusinessAgent.com, the FCA regulated business responsible for aggregating and coordinating opportunities for investors from a variety of equity crowdfunding websites, is lobbying the Chancellor to improve incentives for crowd investors in his forthcoming Autumn Statement. Referring to the Altfi report...
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The Crowd laughs at long term low interest rates
The Crowd laughs at long term low interest rates Research from Business Agent, the aggregator of crowd equity and loan funding businesses, shows that sophisticated investors are getting a materially better return on their investments in crowd sites, than they could achieve from traditional bank deposits. The...
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Crowdfunding aggregator positions itself for responsible investing
New crowdfunding aggregator, Business Agent, is encouraging businesses looking for crowdfunding debt and equity investment to make sure they have done the best possible preparatory work before applying. ‘Crowdfunding is an alternative to bank and traditional equity investment,’ says Business Agent...