1.6million fewer cash ISAs were opened last year. Why, and what other options are available to savers?

More fixed income products for investors signal evolution towards exchange

As Crowdstacker enters the next phase of its growth plan, Karteek Patel, CEO, and co-founder of Crowdstacker discusses why the platform has added Bonds and Loan Notes to its P2P offering, and what this means for investors.

Earmark funds for P2P investment and earn 3% p.a. (fixed) interest on your money.

Karteek Patel, CEO of Crowdstacker, explains why we’ve created an offer enabling you to earn 3% (fixed) interest, p.a. on money held with us.

The gender pay gap is closing, so why are women still lagging behind when it comes to saving and investing?

Crowdstacker recently released new data revealing a gap between how much money men and women invest and save into various products, including ISAs and pensions. In this article CEO and co-founder of Crowdstacker, Karteek Patel, takes a closer look at this trend.

Women continue to lag behind men with investing for the future despite the gender pay gap decreasing

Once again Crowdstacker has been named as the UK's best Peer to Peer lending platform, winning the Wealth and Finance 2017 Alternative Investment Awards, Best P2P Lending Platform - UK.

Now in its fourth year, the 2017 Alternative Investment Awards recognises the individuals, firms and departments from across all sectors that have played a part in shaping this dynamic and imitable industry, and whose innovation, dedication and inventive ways have seen them accomplish some remarkable results.

Having already exceeded its initial raise target of £3.5m BurningNight is now extending its objective to borrow a further £3.5million which will be used to fund new bars in Leeds, Cardiff, Harrogate and two further cities.  

The loan will offer 7% p.a. paid quarterly over a three-year term, exactly the same as the first raise. 

What do the Chancellor’s Budget announcements mean for you?
The 2017 Budget is now complete, and along with some of the predicted announcements the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, also made a couple of unexpected changes.  Here we take a look at what the Budget 2017 has brought, and what it might mean for you.

The ISA clock is now ticking quite loudly with less than 12 weeks to go before the end of the current tax year.  And as we say goodbye to the 2016-17 fiscal year, so we will also be saying goodbye to its tax free savings allowances.  

If you haven’t yet made use of yours, Crowdstacker has been taking a look at reasons why you should probably be thinking through the best available options before time runs out.

Concept bar and pub operator BurningNight has so far raised nearly £3m on Crowdstacker’s P2P lending platform.  Which is just £500k shy of its overall goal.

P2P investors have raised nearly £3m for BurningNight Group and will soon see the new Bierkeller open its doors.

The loan has been structured with regular monthly closings, so money already invested is already hard at work updating the existing Leeds venue, whilst work on the new site in Nottingham is also well underway.