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Fund OurselvesLending Times : Analysis of FCA speech on P2P market in the UK
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/27Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">The
UK body charged with regulating the P2P industry, the Financial Conduct
Authority (FCA), laid out its vision of how it saw the innovation, competition
and regulation promoting the growth of the consumer credit market, in a speech
in late September. </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://lendingtimes.wpengine.com/2016/10/11/analysis-of-fca-speech-on-p2p-market-in-the-uk/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">https://lendingtimes.wpengine.com/2016/10/11/analysis-of-fca-speech-on-p2p-market-in-the-uk/</font></a></span></p>Lending Times : The value of P2P lending to investors
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/28Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT<p><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">The
image of a meteorite approaching awaiting dinosaurs is the cover art which
illustrates a new report from UK-based Altus Consulting. The report asks how
traditional financial service firms can “benefit from the change rather than
risk extinction.” The change here is the rapid expansion of P2P lending with
close to 100 firms and business volumes growing at 70% per annum </font></span></p>
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</span><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://lendingtimes.wpengine.com/2016/12/02/the-value-of-p2p-lending-to-investors/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">https://lendingtimes.wpengine.com/2016/12/02/the-value-of-p2p-lending-to-investors/</font></a></span></span><br></p></p>P2P Finance News: Welendus launches £300,000 crowdfunding campaign
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/20Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">PAYDAY
peer-to-peer lender Welendus is looking to raise £300,000 through a
crowdfunding campaign, as it pushes its launch date back to later this quarter.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2017/01/23/welendus-launches-300000-crowdfunding-campaign/"><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76);"><font size="3">http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2017/01/23/welendus-launches-300000-crowdfunding-campaign/</font></span></a></span></p>Lending Times: Welendus Live on Seedrs
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/23Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">We
believe that short-term borrowers in the UK do not get good service from their
lenders. This, along with bad practice in the sector and widespread customer
mistreatment, has led to a market decline since the peak in 2012. However, more
and more people are actually in need of short-term loans.</font></span></p><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3"></font></span><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://www.seedrs.com/welendus4"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">https://www.seedrs.com/welendus4</font></a></span></p>P2P Finance News: Payday P2P lender Welendus receives full FCA approval
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/18Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">WELENDUS,
the peer-to-peer payday lender, has received full authorisation from the
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA.)</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2017/10/16/welendus-fca-approval/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2017/10/16/welendus-fca-approval/</font></a></span></p>Crowd Fund Insider: Short-Term P2P Lender Welendus Receives Full FCA Approval
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/29Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">Last
week, short-term peer-to-peer lending platform Welendus announced it has
received full Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Approval. The company revealed
on LinkedIn last week the exciting news:</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">“We
are pleased to announce that Welendus (PTP Funding Limited) is now authorised
and regulated by the FCA with Full Authorisation. Well done for the team!”</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2017/10/123243-short-term-p2p-lender-welendus-receives-full-fca-approval/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2017/10/123243-short-term-p2p-lender-welendus-receives-full-fca-approval/</font></a></span></p>Lending Times : Payday P2P lender Welendus receives full FCA approval
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/24Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">WELENDUS,
the peer-to-peer payday lender, has received full authorisation from the
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA.)</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://lending-times.com/?p=9639&amp;preview=true#heading-28"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">https://lending-times.com/?p=9639&amp;preview=true#heading-28</font></a></span></p>CrowdFund Insider: Overfunding: Short Term P2P Lender Welendus Surpasses £150,000 Funding Target Through Latest Seedrs Round
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/14Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT<p><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Less than a week after launching its latest&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.seedrs.com/welendus5" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(3, 65, 132); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">equity crowdfunding campaign</a><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;on Seedrs, s</span><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">hort-term peer-to-peer lending platform&nbsp;<a href="https://welendus.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: rgb(3, 65, 132); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold;">Welendus</a>&nbsp;has successfully secured its initial 150,000 funding target from more than 100 investors.&nbsp;</span></p><a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2017/11/125119-overfunding-short-term-p2p-lender-welendus-surpasses-150000-funding-target-latest-seedrs-round/"><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="s1" style="font-family: " helvetica="" neue",="" helvetica,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 16px;="" background-color:="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);"=""></span></p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2017/11/125119-overfunding-short-term-p2p-lender-welendus-surpasses-150000-funding-target-latest-seedrs-round/</span></font></span></p></a><p><span class="s1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;"></span></font><br></span></p>Lending Times : Welendus launches new £150,000 crowdfunding campaign
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/25Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">PEER-TO-PEER
payday loan platform Welendus has launched a new crowdfunding round on Seedrs
this morning to raise an additional £150,000.</font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://lending-times.com/?p=10018&amp;preview=true#heading-15"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">https://lending-times.com/?p=10018&amp;preview=true#heading-15</font></a></span></p>P2P Finance News : Welendus launches beta platform for investors
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/17Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">WELENDUS,
the peer-to-peer payday lender, has launched a beta version of its platform for
investors after its latest funding round exceeded its target in under 24 hours.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2017/12/04/welendus-launch-beta/"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2017/12/04/welendus-launch-beta/</font></a></span></p>Lending Times: Welendus’s first week on Seedrs. AT: “Not a bad week, either.”
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/22Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">One
week has passed since the release of our Seedrs fundraise campaign with
significant results.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">Over
the past week, Welendus attracted over 50 investors and raised over 25% of our
target which only proves the level of interest people have in Welendus. The
level of engagement and the discussion is another indication of how much people
love Welendus.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://lending-times.com/?p=5480&amp;preview=true#heading-18"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">https://lending-times.com/?p=5480&amp;preview=true#heading-18</font></a></span></p>Peer2Peer Finance News: Welendus loanbook hits £100,000 in just three months
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/32Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><font size="3"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>WELENDUS
investors have funded £100,000 of short-term loans in just three months of its </span><font face="Calibri"><a style='background-clip: border-box;background-origin: padding-box;background-position-x: 0%;&#10;background-position-y: 0%;background-size: auto;border-image-outset: 0;&#10;border-image-repeat: stretch;border-image-slice: 100%;border-image-source: none;&#10;border-image-width: 1;Droid Sans"arial,sans-serif;font-size-adjust: none;&#10;font-stretch: normal;orphans: 2;outline-color: invert;outline-style: none;&#10;outline-width: 0px;transition-delay: 0s;transition-duration: 0.3s;transition-property: all;&#10;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.1, 0.25, 1);-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;&#10;background-attachment:scroll;word-spacing:0px' href="http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2017/12/04/welendus-launch-beta/"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt windowtext; border-image: none; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); text-decoration: none;">beta stage,</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; orphans: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><font color="#000000"> the platform has announced.</font></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2018/04/05/welendus-loanbook-100000-three-months/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2018/04/05/welendus-loanbook-100000-three-months/</font></a></span></p>Lending Times : Welendus loanbook hits 100K GBP in 3 months. AT: “Great stride. Congratulations.”
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/30Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">WELENDUS
investors have funded £100,000 of short-term loans in just three months of its
beta stage, the platform has announced.</font></span></p>
<span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></span>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span style='margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 55, 76); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://lending-times.com/?p=10974&amp;preview=true#heading-21"><font color="#0563c1" size="3">https://lending-times.com/?p=10974&amp;preview=true#heading-21</font></a></span></p>Express: Debt: a four-letter word nobody dares even mention
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/16Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT<h3 style="transform: none; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: Arial, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(41, 34, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">THE WORLD is sinking in a sea of debt and the strangest thing of all is that almost nobody talks about it anymore. A decade of rock bottom interest rates has driven up borrowing levels in the UK and across the world, snaring us all in a hidden debt trap.</h3><a href="https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/962667/debt-management-credit-interest-rates-borrowing">https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/962667/debt-management-credit-interest-rates-borrowing</a>Peer2Peer Finance News: Welendus named among top 100 UK startups
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/10Tue, 22 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT<p>WELENDUS has been named as the only peer-to-peer platform on a list of the top 100 Startups.</p><p><a href="http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2018/05/22/welendus-named-among-top-100-uk-startups/">http://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2018/05/22/welendus-named-among-top-100-uk-startups/</a><br></p>Peer2Peer Finance News: Consumer lending: Mind the gap
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https://fundourselves.com/api/rss/news/33Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT<p>The peer-to-peer consumer lending sector has changed significantly in recent years, with some of the largest brands exiting the space.</p><p><a href="
https://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2022/05/17/consumer-lending-mind-the-gap/" target="_blank">https://www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2022/05/17/consumer-lending-mind-the-gap/</a></p>