Funding Options

19 results about this entity

Period: 04 Jun 2018 - 09 Feb 2023

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Tide completes Funding Options acquisition with FCA approval

Tide, the leading digital business banking platform, has completed its purchase of Funding Options, a UK marketplace for business finance, following FCA approval. The proposed acquisition was announced in November 2022.

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Tide acquires Funding Options

Business banking platform Tide has made its first acquisition, scooping up SME credit marketplace Funding Options.

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Funding Options appoints Malcolm Leach as CTO

Digital finance platform Funding Options has appointed Malcolm Leach to its management team as CTO, continuing its mission to bridge the SME funding gap by providing businesses with the best finance options on the market, at speed and powered by technology.

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Funding Options adds payments accounts from Wise to portfolio

Business finance marketplace Funding Options has joined forces with Wise to offer Wise Business, the business account for going global, in its marketplace to further expand its offering for SMEs as they recover from the pandemic.

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Funding Options leads call for government-discounted green loans to helps SMEs to Net Zero

With environmental summit COP26 opening in Glasgow on 31 October, a group of financial services providers and small business leaders are lobbying the government to adopt proposals designed to reduce the carbon footprint of UK SMEs and make the nation a world leader in green finance.

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Funding Options launches green finance marketplace

Funding Options has launched a green finance marketplace to help UK SMEs source funding to achieve their sustainability goals.

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Funding Options unveils cloud-based lending platform for SMEs

Funding Options, the data driven marketplace for SMEs, has launched Funding Cloud, an integrated real-time cloud-based platform to navigate the complexity of the fragmented lending market.

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Incumbent banks accused of blocking fintech sector’s access to BoE Term Funding Scheme

The UK's big banks are blocking alternative lenders' access to the Bank of England's Term Funding Scheme, risking putting some out of business, warns Funding Options CEO Simon Cureton.

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Asto and Funding Options team up to offer flexible loans to small businesses

Asto Business Capital loans are now available on Funding Options as part of a new partnership with the business finance marketplace.

Funding Options signs up with DueDil

Funding Options, the marketplace for business finance, has partnered with predictive company intelligence platform, DueDil, to simplify its customer journey and speed up finance applications.

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Metro Bank boosts SME offering with new fintech partnerships

UK challenger Metro Bank is beefing up its offering for business customers through a trio of fintech partnerships.

Funding Options makes leadership changes

Funding Options is today announcing the appointment of a new CEO who will lead the strategy to accelerate growth through Open Banking innovation and a wider business services marketplace for both the UK and EU.

WorldPay and ClearBank founder Nick Ogden joins Funding Options’ board

Fintech pioneer Nick Ogden has joined the board of Funding Options, the UK’s leading business finance marketplace, as non-executive chairman.

Funding Options partners with Caxton FX

Business finance marketplace, Funding Options, has launched a partnership with Caxton FX for its market leading prepaid Corporate Currency Card to help UK small businesses better manage their finances when overseas for business trips, conferences, trade missions and meetings.

Funding Options heads to Europe with ING partnership

UK-based online business finance marketplace Funding Options is launching in the Netherlands with the backing of local bank ING.

Funding Options picks up Open Up Challenge prize

Business finance marketplace, Funding Options, has been announced as one of the winners of the second phase of Nesta’s ‘Open Up Challenge’ - one of only three companies to have won both stages of this challenge.

Funding Options to join Starling Bank's in-app marketplace

Award-winning business finance marketplace, Funding Options, will soon be part of Starling Bank’s in-app marketplace for small businesses.

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Funding Options names Alastair Preacher as chief product officer

Funding Options today announced that Alastair Preacher has joined Funding Options as their new Chief Product Officer.

ING flexes fintech muscles

With Money20/20 about to open in Amsterdam, local bank ING is showing its innovation chops with a slew of announcements around SME financing, fintech investments and smart money management.