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P2P regulation both welcome and necessary

One of the charges often made against the traditional banks is their collective unwillingness or inability to provide access to funding for smaller businesses and start-ups. And, in spite of the historically low interest rates, the banks have also failed to offer savers an attractive return on their investments or

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MIPIM UK 2014 – DAY 3

Friday morning was a noticeably quieter day on the floor of Olympia, we assumed at first that it was due to the fabled late night MIPIM parties but as the day progressed there was no real pick up in delegates. At one point it felt like there were more exhibitors

Government to consider new peer-to-peer lending ISA

Chancellor George Osborne announced in this year’s Budget that in addition to the new ISA he would like to include Peer to Peer Lending  with the ISA wrapper, making the interest received tax free. It’s a great idea but the issue is how could this be achieved, unlike the bank