Since 2010, Funding Circle has originated $4.5 billion to 45,000 small businesses in the U.S. and $21.1 billion to 143,300 small businesses globally.

As noted in the update, Funding Circle is the UK’s SME finance platform. Established in the UK in 2010, Funding Circle has “extended c.£15bn in credit to over 110,000 businesses in the UK.” ...

Peer-to-peer lender in exploratory talks with banks, hedge funds and family offices; P2P ‘can be 20% of market within a decade’. When news emerged last summer that peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle ...