October

October is the new name of Lendix. October is the leading SME lending platform in continental Europe (source: Altfi). In 2017, October was selected in the Global KPMG/ H2 Ventures Fintech100 for the second consecutive year. October enables SMEs to borrow directly from individual and institutional lenders without going through banks. Lenders invest their savings usefully and profitably to facilitate the funding of the real economy whilst businesses find new, simple and effective sources of finance. October has already originated €230m of loans for more than 500 development projects by SMEs of all sizes and from all sectors. October operates in France, Spain, Italy and The Netherland and soon in Germany.



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Articles Featuring October

LHV Bank ramps maximum SME loan size to £5m

17th May 2023 | Daniel Lanyon

Is the NFT hype over?

9th May 2023 | Helen Femi Williams

LHV Bank lands UK banking license 

4th May 2023 | Daniel Lanyon

B2B BNPL: Mondu launches in the UK

22nd March 2023 | Daniel Lanyon

Railsr sold to investment trio

9th March 2023 | Daniel Lanyon

Which fintechs might IPO in 2023?

3rd January 2023 | Oliver Smith

The fintechs that went out of business in 2022

23rd December 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

LHV UK kicks off SME loans, eyes UK banking licence

20th December 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank joins the fintech savings arms race

16th December 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech is slowly becoming profitable

29th November 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Incoming crypto regulation has flown under the radar

8th November 2022 | Thomas Tudehope

Klarna Australia reports losses of $56m last year

1st November 2022 | John Reynolds

Why PayPal's mea culpa was too little, too late

14th October 2022 | Gerelyn Terzo

N26 saw revenue (and losses) rise sharply in 2021

12th October 2022 | Oliver Smith

Stablecoins: The race for the future of money

26th September 2022 | Stephan Roth

DeFi start-up Nova Finance appoints COO

22nd September 2022 | Will McCurdy

Revolut cuts crypto fees (sort of)

2nd September 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Gen Z banking app W1TTY hits 500,000 downloads

28th July 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Payments still needs a fintech revolution

13th July 2022 | Charlie Mercer

Here come the fintech consolidators

22nd June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

British Business Bank hires new CEO

9th June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

October buys long term rival lender Credit.fr

31st May 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Bank switching jumps 41 per cent

29th April 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Crowdcube ditches app

22nd April 2022 | John Reynolds

The European fintechs that Coatue is banking on

28th February 2022 | Liza Tetley

PrimaryBid raises $190m with SoftBank backing

21st February 2022 | John Reynolds

UK reaches milestone of 5 million open banking users

18th February 2022 | Oliver Smith

Meet Europe's fintech decacorns

1st February 2022 | John Reynolds

Meet France’s growing array of fintech unicorns

27th January 2022 | Liza Tetley

Which fintechs might go public in 2022?

4th January 2022 | John Reynolds

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Tipalti quadruples value with $270m fundraise

10th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Two reasons digital banks face AML ‘challenges’

17th November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Unpacking Open Banking in 2021

30th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

TrueLayer doubles down Down Under

29th September 2021 | Aisling Finn

PayPal launches crypto in the UK

23rd August 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The fintechs leading the green finance revolution

19th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Is Revolut sitting on a £1bn crypto pile?

11th March 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Mode hires open banking guru as new CTO

9th March 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Monument has completed its £28m Series A

25th February 2021 | Oliver Smith

Sync. picks Railsbank to help power its app

28th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Revolut submits application for UK banking licence

11th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Pensions dashboard launch pushed back again to 2023

6th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

The fintechs that went out of business in 2020

5th January 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

2020 in quotes: Part 2

31st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

A VC’s perspective: Fintech Trends in 2021

21st December 2020 | Edward Knight

The 4 firms taking on Klarna in 2021

21st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

The fintechs that quit the UK in 2020

21st December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Open finance: Time to run with it

7th December 2020 | Cloe Atkinson

Yolt introduces Apple Pay for its customers

3rd December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Questions over Lanistar’s £150m valuation

27th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Revolut launches premium metal card for businesses

5th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech Founders: Where are they now?

24th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

A new payment landscape - fuelled by APIs

19th March 2020 | Leon Muis

Revolut's rocky road to a record raise

25th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo takes on credit giants with free scoring tool

24th February 2020 | John Reynolds

The N26 diaries: My week as an N26 customer

13th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 is leaving the UK: is it really about Brexit?

12th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Five fintechs that had a tough 2019

8th January 2020 | John Reynolds

The fintechs that had a stellar 2019: Revolut

31st December 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

AltFi’s 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 2

31st December 2019 | John Reynolds

AltFi's 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 1

30th December 2019 | John Reynolds

2019 In Fintech And Alternative Finance: Part 2

24th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

LendInvest fund sees 40% growth in assets

18th December 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

City grandee Martin Gilbert new chairman of Revolut

13th November 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Pollen Street fund sees Q3 returns boost

6th November 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

RM Secured Direct Lending looks to raise £10m

24th October 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

When fintech met crowdfunding

21st October 2019 | Luke Lang

Nodal Labs falls into administration

21st October 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: bunq's Ali Niknam

14th October 2019 | John Reynolds

New finance chief to start this week at Crealogix

30th September 2019 | John Reynolds

FCA warns on no-deal Brexit

13th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Funding Circle and Metro Bank ejected from FTSE 250

5th September 2019 | Roger Baird

Ratesetter launches new “more liquid” portfolios

4th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Funding Circle shares rally 30%

12th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna launches in H&M US stores

27th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Top Funding Circle investor increases holding

14th June 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Funding Circle caps chief executive pay

29th May 2019 | Roger Baird

Klarna challenger launches in UK

11th March 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Losses expected to widen at Funding Circle

6th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Robo advisers make pension market push

20th February 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Challenger banks flexed their muscles in 2018

7th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Breaking: Funding Circle’s shares plunge 25%

20th December 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Brismo onboards P2PFA member CrowdProperty

10th December 2018 | George Geddes

Honeycomb fund ups leverage after strong run

26th November 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Funding Circle appoints joint corporate brokers

21st November 2018 | George Geddes

LendingClub’s Q3 results: Expectations exceeded

8th November 2018 | George Geddes

Fintech lender Lendix rebrands as October

31st October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

AltFi on the London Fintech Podcast

1st October 2018 | AltFi

Funding Circle narrows price range

26th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

P2P lender Fellow Finance plans to go public

24th September 2018 | George Geddes

Institutional crypto platform Caspian raises $16m

17th September 2018 | George Geddes

LendInvest scoops another £30.5m in pre-IPO round

17th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

OakNorth valuation tops $2bn after latest fundraise

6th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Business banking fintech scoops £2.3m fundraise

3rd September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Brexit-led recession - revisited

3rd August 2018 | Pietro Nicholls

P2P Global Investments hit by Urica collapse

24th July 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Piecing together HSBC’s Open Banking puzzle

18th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Seedrs launches auto-investment tool

17th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger banks raise record capital in Q1

29th June 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

RateSetter passes £2.5bn of lending

25th May 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Santander to launch standalone digital bank

14th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

RateSetter opens transfers-in for IFISA

2nd May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

US fintech Deserve closes $50m credit facility

26th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Lending Works passes £100m lending milestone

18th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Robo adviser Stash is launching a banking app

13th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Direct lending fund raises another £22.2m

28th March 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

LendInvest returns with second retail bond

15th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Atom Bank lands another £149m

7th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The Housing Crisis: A New Year Res-Solution

5th February 2018 | Michael Lynn

Challenger business bank Countingup goes live

24th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Debt tracker app Emma receives FCA approval

15th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Fintech firms weigh in on launch of Open Banking

12th January 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Victory Park Capital fund exits Prosper loans

2nd January 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

RateSetter launches countdown for 2018 IFISA

1st December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

IFISAs make up 30% of Downing Crowd’s investments

30th November 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

P2P lender ThinCats launches rebranding effort

22nd November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Challenger bank teams up with direct lending fund

7th November 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Yolt announces integration with Starling Bank

7th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Fintech firm Bud strikes deal with Avios

1st November 2017 | Ryan Weeks

VPC fund exits Avant loans and zipMoney stake

31st October 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Direct lending fund raises £30m

20th October 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

German fintech Compeon scoops €12m fundraise

13th October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

P2P and marketplace lending securitization ticks up

12th October 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Aussie fintech lender SocietyOne breaks its own record

10th October 2017 | David Tuckwell

Peer-to-peer lender JustUs gains full authorisation

12th September 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Goldman Sachs takes aim at Zopa and Ratesetter

11th September 2017 | Moriah Costa

Canadian fintech lender raises $57m

24th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

GCP Asset Backed Income fund deploys war chest

13th March 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

PeerStreet and Betterment launch partnership

9th March 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Another new peer-to-peer lender gets authorised

16th February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

FinTech: UK vs Australia

17th January 2017 | Matthew Parker

New $100m Lending Club securitization

1st December 2016 | Daniel Lanyon

Funding Circle tops £100m in a month

30th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

"Where Are They Now" report on crowdfunding released

8th November 2016 | Rupert Taylor

Zopa drops rates for second time in two months

24th October 2016 | Ryan Weeks

GCP Asset Backed Income trust mulls next capital raise

21st October 2016 | Daniel Lanyon

Fresh Lending Club fears prompt share price plunge

18th October 2016 | Daniel Lanyon

Technology is driving a revolution in real estate

17th October 2016 | Lisa Walls-Hester

UK Alternative Finance Back on Song?

6th October 2016 | Sam Griffiths

QE - when the solution becomes a problem...

13th September 2016 | AltFi

Have online lenders changed their spots?

30th August 2016 | Ryan Weeks

RateSetter to close 3 year market

2nd August 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Shenton International launches asset-backed mini bond

20th July 2016 | Lisa Walls-Hester

5 key considerations post Brexit

24th June 2016 | Ryan Weeks

HMRC Set To Publish More Investor Statistics

20th May 2016 | Lisa Walls-Hester

JM Financial Products Acquires 9.84% Stake in Faircent

10th May 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Assetz Launches 30-day Access Account

9th May 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Lending Club to Sell Bonds Backed by Unsecured Loans

27th April 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

BorsadelCredito.it Provides 6 Month Update

22nd April 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Fellow Finance Launches in Poland

12th April 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

DirectMoney Registers a New Record Month

8th April 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

IFISA Goes Live

6th April 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Santander UK teams up with US online lender

4th April 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

“Big three” to miss IFISA launch

31st March 2016 | Ryan Weeks

TWINO Investors can now Invest in GBP

23rd March 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

The cyber threat in alternative finance

15th March 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Funding Circle Boosts Board With Former Central Banker

10th March 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

US Student Lender To Explore Launching Mortgage REIT?

7th March 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Continental Europe Volume Roundup - February 2016

4th March 2016 | Sukhwinder Shoker

Avant Blasts Past the $3bn Mark

1st March 2016 | Ryan Weeks

US Bank Completes Fifth Securitization of Refinanced Student Loans

29th February 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Deutsche Bank's former co-CEO Joins SoFi

29th February 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Kiwi P2P Marketplace Closes $8.5m Series B Financing Round

16th February 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

ThinCats – The Next Chapter

11th February 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Acceleris Capital Merges With InvestingZone

11th February 2016 | Ryan Weeks

RateSetter Posts Details on IFISA Offering

8th February 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Positive Signs for UK SMEs

2nd February 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Oz P2P Lender Releases Loan Book

2nd February 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

OnDeck Joins Forces With Opus Bank

25th January 2016 | Ryan Weeks

P2P Lender Modalku Launches in Indonesia

19th January 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

LendInvest Hits Half Billion Mark

8th January 2016 | Ryan Weeks

A “meaningful” platform-bank partnership?

6th January 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Assessing risk in peer-to-peer lending

6th January 2016 | Ryan Weeks

BorsadelCredito.it Raises €1m

5th January 2016 | Guglielmo de Stefano

What to watch out for in 2016

4th January 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Funding Circle Hits £1 Billion

23rd December 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Prosper Appoints New Executive VP of Operations

22nd December 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Geoff Miller Quits GLI Finance

21st December 2015 | Ryan Weeks

NZ based Lending Crowd Takes off

21st December 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Sofi Hits $6 Billion Milestone

18th December 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Bizfi Secures $65m in Debt Capital

16th December 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Zopa Set to Raise £70m?

11th December 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Credible Enters Personal Loan Space

10th December 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

RateSetter Australia launches Sharing Economy Trust Index

7th December 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Intricacies of the TrustBuddy Bankruptcy

7th December 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Continental European Volume Roundup - November 2015

4th December 2015 | Sukhwinder Shoker

Lending Review - Funding Circle Surpass Industry Record

3rd December 2015 | Sukhwinder Shoker

NZ LendMe goes live

2nd December 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Zopa and Equifax Forge New Partnership

1st December 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Fundraising Spree in China's P2P Space

23rd November 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Beehive Celebrates its First Anniversary

23rd November 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

The Redcoats are coming!

11th November 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Lending Club partners with Google AdWords

9th November 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Lending Review

3rd November 2015 | Sukhwinder Shoker

Deadline Day

30th October 2015 | Ryan Weeks

SoFi Raises Yet More Money

28th October 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Share Selling Spree Preceded Trustbuddy Demise

27th October 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Avant Crosses the £100m Mark in UK Loans

23rd October 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Buyers Beware

23rd October 2015 | David Stevenson

LAFDI market report - Friday 23rd October

23rd October 2015 | Rupert Taylor

P2Binvestor launches New Hybrid Line of Credit

20th October 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

Raiseworks splits into two businesses

16th October 2015 | Guglielmo de Stefano

TrustBuddy Suspends Services

12th October 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Lending Review

12th October 2015 | Sukhwinder Shoker

LAFDI market report - Friday 9th October

9th October 2015 | Rupert Taylor

RateSetter Turns Five, Tops £800m Mark

6th October 2015 | Ryan Weeks

VPC Raises £183m in C Share Issue

30th September 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Avant Raises $325m in Series E

30th September 2015 | David Stevenson

Landbay Launches Rental Index

15th September 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Cornish Platform Appoints Financial Advisor

7th September 2015 | Henry Thomas

2015 AltFi Volume Breezes Past 2014 Grand Total!

4th September 2015 | Sam Griffiths

Authorisation Applicants Abound

10th August 2015 | Ryan Weeks

MarketInvoice Partners With KPMG

4th August 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Indiegogo to Break Into Equity Space?

31st July 2015 | Ryan Weeks

The Alternative Finance Market in France

28th July 2015 | Henry Thomas

Prosper Unveils Q2 Results

21st July 2015 | Ryan Weeks

LAFDI market report - Friday 10th July

10th July 2015 | Rupert Taylor

End of ISA Saga in Sight?

3rd July 2015 | Ryan Weeks

P2P ISA Announcement, Just Days Away

1st July 2015 | AltFi

JOBS Title IV – The Impact on Platforms

25th June 2015 | Henry Thomas

BDO Partners with Finexkap

8th June 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Moody's take on Risk in P2P Securitizations

13th May 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Seedrs Platform Plays Host to IPO

7th May 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Emerging Market Investments for the Crowd

23rd April 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Credit Suisse Invests in Prosper

9th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

A Close-Up of the Marketplace Lending Space in Canada

7th April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

French P2B platform raises €8 million

1st April 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

French P2P Lender Receives €28 million Investment

30th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

DirectMoney to List on ASX

26th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

RateSetter Australia receives $10 million Investment

12th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

More Whispers about SoFi IPO

10th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding in Texas Expands

6th March 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

The AltFi Frontline: P2P Permissions Explained…

26th February 2015 | Ryan Weeks

SoFi moves into Consumer Loans

18th February 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

Seedrs Platform Plays Host to IPO

2nd February 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Ratings for Prosper Loans

30th January 2015 | Georgina McCreadie

A New Mover in the Property Crowdfunding Space

20th January 2015 | Ryan Weeks

Cries for Regulation from Ireland’s P2P Sector

19th January 2015 | Ryan Weeks

AltFi Down Under - An overview of the activity

9th January 2015 | Sam Griffiths

Swell of Support for Third ISA Type

17th December 2014 | Ryan Weeks

Will the SEC lift US crowdfunding out of the Doldrums?

16th December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

The AltFi Frontline: Surveying the Surveys

12th December 2014 | Ryan Weeks

Double First for Funding Circle

3rd December 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

P2P GI On Track – May Issue New Shares

26th November 2014 | Ryan Weeks

Alternative Finance Crosses Borders

21st November 2014 | Georgina McCreadie

Crowdfunding takes Dragons' Den into the mainstream

14th November 2014 | David Stevenson

Securitization Trend Continues

12th November 2014 | AltFi

Campaign of the Week: Wedo

19th September 2014 | AltFi

Trustbuddy to Open up to UK Borrowers

4th August 2014 | AltFi

The Small Town P2P Pioneers

2nd June 2014 | AltFi

Zopa's Giles Andrews: No Frills Finance Takes Off!

18th February 2014 | Giles Andrews

AltFi Summit 2014 Sponsors Revealed!

3rd February 2014 | Ryan Weeks

Crowdcube to Launch in Italy

25th November 2013 | AltFi

RebuildingSociety Consider Contingency Fund

22nd November 2013 | AltFi

Record breaking month for Market Invoice

6th November 2013 | AltFi

The Regulatory new age approaches!

3rd October 2013 | AltFi