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11 November 2021

Small business spotlight - Makes for a great read

A family business has hit more than one million sales a year and seen turnover soar as bored Brits spent the past year getting stuck into jigsaws.

19 October 2021

Small business spotlight - pandemic reflections

A quarter of business owners feel ‘more prepared than ever’ to guide their companies to success following the pandemic.

9 September 2021

Funding Circle announces CEO transition

Funding Circle announces that Lisa Jacobs, Managing Director of Funding Circle UK, is to succeed Samir Desai CBE as Chief Executive Officer from January 1st 2022.

9 September 2021

Half Year 2021 Results

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle”), today announces results for the six months ended 30 June 2021.

2 September 2021

Funding Circle launches FlexiPay to revolutionise £1 trillion small business payments market

Funding Circle, the leading platform for small business loans, has launched its first payments facility, FlexiPay, as the next step in its mission to help solve more funding problems for small businesses.

Funding Circle Extends Partnership with Congressional Bank to Get More Capital to US Small Businesses

Funding Circle, the small business loans platform and Congressional Bank, a bank headquartered in Maryland, have today announced an extension of their existing lending partnership to provide more capital to small businesses across the US.

Small business spotlight - business is working out

A women’s ‘athleisure’ brand started by a personal trainer with £250 of cash has taken its 200,000th order in just four years.

Small business confidence rising but fears over future lockdowns remain, finds BCC/Funding Circle survey

UK small businesses are increasingly confident in their ability to grow and power the economic recovery, although many still have fears about the ongoing impact of Covid restrictions. This comes according to new data published today by the British Chambers of Commerce in partnership with Funding Circle, the UK’s largest small business loan platform.

Funding Circle and Atom bank announce £300m lending partnership

Atom will harness the platform’s machine learning capabilities to deploy new funding to 4,000 UK small businesses, continuing their support for UK SMEs.

Funding Circle accredited under the Recovery Loan Scheme

Funding Circle becomes the first lending platform to be accredited under RLS.

Strong start to 2021 with total income and AEBITDA in H1 anticipated to be well ahead of expectations.

Small business spotlight - an entre-brie-neurial success

A cheesemonger has seen website orders increase ten-fold as Brits look to get their dairy fix online.

Full Year 2020 Results

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle”), today announces results for the year ended 31 December 2020.

UK SMEs ready to power the post-pandemic recovery

A new report has found that as the UK embarks on its roadmap out of lockdown, a significant proportion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will emerge with the capacity, need and desire to invest in their business and power the economic recovery.

17 February 2021

Small business spotlight - flock to shepherd's huts

A luxury hut maker has reported a 30 per cent rise in turnover as Brits create posh offices in their gardens.

25 January 2021

Small business news - long and winding road

Business owners endure 11 months of pitching, six reinventions of their business model and four years of work before finding success.

18 January 2021

H2 2020 trading update

Strong end to 2020 with total income and AEBITDA well ahead of previous expectations.

14 January 2021

Funding Circle to Offer First and Second Draw Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans

Funding Circle is committed to helping small businesses access critical COVID-19 relief funds.

21 December 2020

Small business spotlight - pints win prizes

A hobby 'micro' brewery started in the cramped living room of an ex-council flat has grown into a million-pound business that has weathered the alcohol industry’s biggest ever storm.

4 December 2020

Small business news - Christmas like no other

Nearly half of Brits plan to shun big chain stores this Christmas as they seek more thoughtful presents - to make up for not seeing loved ones.

24 November 2020

Expected to finish 2020 strongly and upgraded outlook to AEBITDA profitable in H2.

5 November 2020

British Business Investments announces new £30 million commitment to back UK SMEs through Funding Circle’s UK SME Direct Lending Fund

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, today announces a £30 million commitment to support UK small businesses through Funding Circle’s UK SME Direct Lending Fund.

24 September 2020

Half Year 2020 Results

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle”), today announces results for the six months ended 30 June 2020.

Small business news - keeping it in the family

Almost a quarter of business owners have ‘employed’ relatives in recent months – sparking a revival of traditional family businesses.

Small business spotlight - (gin &) tonic boom

An artisan gin maker has recorded an 800 per cent increase in online sales as Brits’ love for G&T continues in the Covid-19 era.

Small business spotlight - who wants to be a milliner?

Hollywood A-listers and pop superstars may be among their customers but the UK’s hottest hat-maker credits two fictional stars with getting them ahead – Mad Men’s Don Draper and Peaky Blinders gang kingpin Tommy Shelby.

Small business news - you’ve got a friend in SME

Millions of shoppers have pledged to vote with their feet and continue to support small businesses - after turning their backs on larger chains.

Update on Government Schemes

Funding Circle Holdings plc UPDATE ON GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

FinTechs join forces to support small businesses

Starling, the digital bank, and Funding Circle, the UK’s largest small business loan platform, have entered a strategic partnership to provide £300 million of lending to small businesses under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).

Accredited to join CBILS & COVID-19 update

Funding Circle Holdings plc

Approved to join US Govt SME stimulus programme

APPROVED TO JOIN US GOVERNMENT SME STIMULUS PROGRAMME

Full Year 2019 Results

Funding Circle Holdings plc Full Year 2019 Results

27 January 2020

Oliver White to succeed Sean Glithero as Chief Financial Officer

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDES INSIDE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO. 596/2014

21 November 2019

Funding Circle £250m securitisation of SME loans unveiled

The £250m portfolio, built up by Funding Circle and Waterfall Asset Management, brings the total amount of UK Funding Circle loans securitised to £1 billion.

21 October 2019

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle”), the leading small and medium enterprise (“SME”) loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, today announces updates to its statistics pages for the three months ending 30 September 2019 (the “Quarter”).

17 October 2019

Funding Circle open for business as it signs up to the government’s SME Finance Charter

Funding Circle open for business as it signs up to the government’s SME Finance Charter.

Funding Circle reveals inclusion in FTSE4Good Index Series

Funding Circle, a leading global small business loans platform, today reveals its inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index Series, which recognises companies that demonstrate the highest standards of corporate governance and sustainability.

Funding Circle closes $198 million securitization to support US small businesses

Funding Circle, the leading small business loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, today closed its first asset-backed securitization (ABS) of US small business loans originated through its platform. The $198 million deal marks the debut of Funding Circle’s US securitization sponsorship capability, and is the fifth securitization of Funding Circle business loans globally.

H1 2019 Results

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle”, the “Group” or the “Company”), the leading small and medium enterprise (“SME”) loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, today announces results for the six months to 30 June 2019 (“H1 2019”).

Fourth securitisation of Funding Circle loans unveiled

The £232m transaction is the fourth and largest ever securitisation facilitated through the Funding Circle platform - Today’s announcement comes three months after the last securitisation of Funding Circle loans, bringing the total amount of loans securitised to £755m.

Update to H1 & FY 2019 Outlook

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle” or the “Company”), the leading small and medium enterprise (“SME”) loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, is today providing an update to its Outlook for 2019, as well as H1 2019 financial results and updates to its statistics pages for the three months ending 30 June 2019 (the “Quarter”).

Funding Circle and Merseyside Pension Fund launch UK Economic Impact Fund to back British small businesses

Funding Circle, the UK’s leading small business loans platform, today announced the launch of a new private direct lending fund which allows institutional investors to back small businesses and the UK economy.

Leading stars including Natalie Dormer, Richard E Grant, Felicity Jones, Michael Palin and Twiggy raise awareness of ‘Just A Book’ – an initiative from Just A Card and Funding Circle supporting small businesses

DOMINIC COOPER • NATALIE DORMER • NATHALIE EMMANUEL • CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG • RICHARD E GRANT • FELICITY JONES • HANIF KUREISHI • ALEX LANIPEKUN • HAYLEY MILLS • JAMES NORTON • DAVID OAKES • MICHAEL PALIN • BRUCE ROBINSON • GRETA SCACCHI • TWIGGY

Banks give small businesses the cold shoulder a decade after financial crisis

A new report published today by Oxford Economics has found that a decade after the financial crisis, bank lending to small businesses has failed to recover significantly.

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle” or the “Company”), the leading small and medium enterprise (“SME”) loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, today announces updates to its statistics pages for the three months ending 31 March 2019 (the “Quarter”) and selected highlights from the Quarter.

Funding Circle and Pollen Street facilitate further securitisation with SBOLT 2019-1

Pollen Street Capital, the equity sponsor of SBOLT 2018-1, is returning to the market with SBOLT 2019-1, a securitisation of UK loans originated by Funding Circle, the leading small business loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands.

Full Year 2018 Results

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle” or the “Company”), the leading small and medium enterprise (“SME”) loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, today announces results for the year ended 31 December 2018 (“2018”).

17 January 2019

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle” or the “Company”), the leading small and medium enterprise (“SME”) loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, today announces updates to its statistics pages for the three months ending 31 December 2018 (the “Quarter”) and selected highlights from the quarter.

7 December 2018

Waterfall Asset Management to fund £1 billion of SME loans through Funding Circle platform

Funding Circle Holdings plc (“Funding Circle”), the leading small business loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands(1), announces that Funding Circle UK and Waterfall Asset Management, LLC (“Waterfall”), a leading institutional asset manager focused on structured credit, have entered into a strategic partnership to support the growth of UK small businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, Waterfall will invest in £1 billion of loans originated through Funding Circle’s UK platform over a two-year period. Waterfall’s investment will be partially financed by Deutsche Bank.

28 November 2018

British Business Bank announces new commitment through Funding Circle to increase UK small business lending

The British Business Bank today announces a commitment of up to £150 million for lending to UK small businesses through Funding Circle.

31 October 2018

Funding Circle and small business campaigner Just A Card join forces to back independent shops this Christmas

Funding Circle, the UK’s leading small business loans platform, and Just A Card, the grassroots campaign run by artists, makers, and small business owners, are today announcing their partnership to help independent retailers increase sales.

3 September 2018

Funding Circle Announces Intention to Publish a Registration Document and Potential Intention to Float

Funding Circle, the leading small business loans platform in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands, announces that it intends to publish today a Registration Document and is considering proceeding with an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange’s main market.

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