P2P lender TWINO has reached 100 million euros ($107.53 million) in cumulative lending shortly after a new expansion to Russia; firm is the first P2P lender to offer Russian consumer loans; in 2016 platform growth was fueled by demand from all of its Eastern Europe regions specifically with increased interest from its UK investors; in 2017 TWINO expects lending volume of over 200 million euros ($215.05 million). Source
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A development agency for the Scottish government, Scottish Enterprise, and its investment arm, the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), have agreed to fund loans on the LendingCrowd platform; they will invest up to £2.75 million in Scottish small-to-midsized businesses, acting in parallel to the retail investors on the platform; the Scottish government earlier identified SMEs needing financing up to £150,000 as an economic development priority. Source
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The bank is currently recruiting engineers to help launch the online lending platform Marcus in the UK according to Business Insider who found the job listings; last September Goldman Sachs said the Marcus brand would launch in mid 2018; Goldman Sachs’ Marcus has taken off in the US and have been aggressive in expanding their consumer finance offerings. Source
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