Pragmatist

Barclays' withdrawal from the asset-based small business lending market is a real shot in the arm for peer-to-peer finance. The head o...

Like previous financial crises, this one won't end until individual and collective confidence in banks and the financial system is resto...

Banks will find it more costly and less profitable to offer short term unsecured personal and small business finance under Basel III rules, ...

Huge thanks to Gillian Tett for pointing out in Friday's FT the report on "Shadow Banking" by staff of the Federal Reserve B...

John Kay has seized upon the ' kickout bond ' as an excellent example of how our creaking financial regulatory framework works again...

Following the discussion on the concept of a Social Finance Association , it was interesting to read the guest post on Zopa's blog by Ro...

The " Social Investment Bank " is an interesting experiment that's taken more than three years to bring to pilot stage. Its vi...

The past 5 years have seen the launch of many innovative business models aimed at enabling people to provide funding directly to other peopl...