Awards season

So, a few times a year we dust off our dinner jackets and suit up to meet the great and the good of the financial world. It’s an excellent chance for us to see the work that others in the market are doing and catch up with our contemporaries.

Of course, it’s also great to come home with a trophy, and in the last week, we’ve been fortunate enough to walk away with two. The first was the North West Dealmaker Awards, where we won in the category of Alternative Finance Provider of the Year.

This week, we were thrilled to be a winner at the Financial World Innovation Awards too, coming out as the best financial startup, even though we have been going strong for over a year and a half. We were up against some of the biggest names in new finance for that one, including Nutmeg and Iwoca, so to come out on top in a category like that means a great deal.

Awards season seems to be winding down – at least in the financial industry – so we’re retiring our black ties for the moment, but we do want to say a sincere thanks to the organisers of both awards for such fantastic awards and for giving a platform to the industry, and to our lenders and borrowers for working with us in these innovative times.

- November 28, 2014