Press Contacts

John Battersby or Luke O'Mahony

020 3735 7344

press@ratesetter.com

Press Releases

30 May 2017: Woodford and Artemis back RateSetter

22 May 2017: RateSetter appoints Chief Risk Officer

15 May 2017: RateSetter appoints City heavyweight Paul Manduca as Non-Executive Chairman

2 May 2017: RateSetter extends direct lending distribution network

20 March 2017: New Business Development Manager appointed for the South and South West

21 February 2017: RateSetter borrowers repay £1bn in capital

30 January 2017: Savers want better returns, not more protection

21 December 2016: RateSetter completes debt sale

19 December 2016: RateSetter bolsters risk team

22 September 2016: RateSetter investors earn £50m in interest

19 September 2016: RateSetter publishes 2015-16 accounts

22 July 2016: RateSetter wins best online peer-to-peer provider at Your Money Awards 2016

2 June 2016: RateSetter passes £250m milestone for business loans

5 May 2016: RateSetter appoints Chief Risk Officer

3 May 2016: Half of people are harming their own credit score

20 April 2016: RateSetter argues for divorcing deposits from lending

30 March 2016: RateSetter appoints Head of Business Finance

29 March 2016: RateSetter appoints two former-HSBC heavyweights

22 March 2016: RateSetter and SyndicateRoom simplify access to finance for SMEs

16 March 2016: RateSetter hires new CTO

2 March 2016: Less than half of women own an investment product

16 February 2016: RateSetter becomes first major marketplace lender to offer ‘easy access’

8 February 2016: First tax-free marketplace lending ISA product announced

26 January 2016: RateSetter named a Bloomberg Business Innovator 2016

21 January 2016: RateSetter marketplace passes £1bn in record time

19 January 2016: RateSetter makes two senior ex-bank hires

16 December 2015: Investors unaware of FSCS changes as countdown begins

15 December 2015: UK savers simply don’t rate cash ISAs

18 November 2015: Peer-to-peer platform roars past £1m in SIPP investments

7 October 2015: RateSetter celebrates its 5 year anniversary by lending over £800m

6 October 2015: Pension freedoms lead to surge in over-55s investing in peer-to-peer platforms

23 September 2015: Peer-to-peer lender RateSetter reveals profit

23 July 2015: RateSetter powers the future of property sales

15 July 2015: FNZ ties up with RateSetter to offer peer-to-peer access through investment platforms

22 April 2015: City fund managers back RateSetter

9 April 2015: RateSetter supports the Future of Arts and Culture with partnership

7 April 2015: RateSetter launches Self-Invested Personal Pension option

10 March 2015: RateSetter hires Head of Compliance as P2P industry becomes a mainstream contender

Key Facts

  • Launched in the UK in 2010
  • Equity investors include major investment fund managers Woodford Investment Management and Artemis
  • First globally to launch Rolling and 1 year lending markets
  • First globally to launch a Provision Fund
  • Founding member of the body that promotes best practice in our sector, the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association in 2011
  • Launched in Australia in 2014
  • Founding provider of loan book and returns data to AltFi Data in 2015, a major boost to industry transparency
  • 100% track record – all investors have received the return they expected and no individual lender has lost a penny since our launch in 2010. While this is a track record we want to maintain, please note that past performance does not provide a guarantee for the future.
  • Registered lenders: 55,333
  • Total number of borrowers: 368,957
  • Average amount invested: £22,128
  • Amount lent in the last year: £689m
  • Lending to a diverse range of creditworthy borrowers including: individuals, small and medium sized businesses, property developers and other lending businesses.




Click here to see the latest data on annual performance of loans and returns.