Liam Collins of Nesta, Richard Swart from the University of California and Bryan Zhang from the University of Cambridge pulled together a concise report that gives us a snapshot of what the UK Alternative Finance market looks like (see image).
Peer-to-peer consumer and business lending platforms are the largest..
An independent benchmarking survey of UK Alternative Finance found that peer-to-peer consumer and business lending platforms are the largest form of alternative finance in the UK with invoice trading the second largest form of finance for businesses.