'Direct lending platforms have opened up the SME loan asset class for the first time'

'Direct lending platforms have opened up the SME loan asset class for the first time'

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According to Sachin Patel, Chief Capital Officer at Funding Circle, small businesses (SMEs) around the world are still underserved by traditional lenders, ten years on from the financial crisis . Direct lending platforms have evolved to successfully address this problem; in doing so they have opened up the SME loan asset class to a variety of investors thereby ensuring that the engine of the real economy has access to much-needed finance.

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