London’s 101 Fastest Growing Lending Startups

At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 101 Lending companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

• Track record
• Executive leadership
• Market share
• Innovation
• ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top Lending Companies & Startups (London)

Fintern

Fintern is a lending startup looking to offer an AI-driven alternative to costly payday loans.

LANDBAY

Landbay is a specialist Buy to Let mortgage lender using peer-to-peer technology to fund its loans.

ezbob

ezbob is a UK based software provider for banks and other financial institutions.

Funding Options

Funding Options is a business to business services marketplace platform operating in the UK and the Netherlands.

Pave

The proper path to good credit

Keebo

Hey, we’re Keebo, the credit card designed for the new generation to build better credit and improve financial wellbeing.

CUDONI

Europe’s only full-service luxury resale platform. Effortlessly buy and sell authentic designer items at up to 90% off retail price.

LendInvest

LendInvest is the leading marketplace platform for property finance.

Playter

Playter is funding the community of startups and scaleups by helping them convert any invoice into Buy Now, Pay Later.

Nexo

The World’s Leading Regulated Financial Institution for Digital Assets

Knoma

Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning.

Plend

Building a better way to borrow, where people are no longer held back by their credit history

Akrod Limited

Powering the next generation of credit technology for the world’s underbanked

Lendingblock

Lendingblock is a securities lending platform for cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

Leanpay

Leanpay is an omni-channel POS financing company that aims to disrupt consumer loans segment, and help consumers buy products they need.

Populous World

Populous is an invoice and trade finance platform.

Wollit

The UK’s most powerful financial membership

RateSetter

RateSetter is a P2P lending platform allowing users to lend and borrow money directly from each other according to their own interest rates.

Lendflo

Invoice financing platform leveraging technology to make the process faster, simpler and cheaper for Small and Medium Businesses

Castle Trust

Castle Trust is a privately held company that provides investment and mortgage products.

ZEON Network

ZEON Network: a decentralized platform for financial services. Crypto-backed loans, deposits, wallet, buy and sell digital assets.

Divido

Divido is a global white label consumer lending platform for financial institutions and multinational retailers.

Greensill Capital

Greensill Capital is a provider of structured working capital financing to businesses globally.

Proportunity

Proportunity is a financial services organisation made possible by technology.

Ahauz

A proptech start-up helping first time buyers get on the property ladder.

Elfin Market

Elfin Market is a peer-to-peer lending platform which offers its borrowers an affordable alternative to credit cards.

OnLadder

OnLadder is a proptech company that aims to make property ownership accessible to everyone.

Trade Ledger

Trade Ledger is a Business lending platform.

HARNESS Data Intelligence

Commercial Data Intelligence

Paysme

Paysme is a FinTech champion of SMEs.

Yielders

Yielders UK is a crowdfunding property investment platform that puts UK property investment within your reach.

Aviation and Tech Capital

Owner of Ablrate.com an asset backed peer lending platform specialising in capital equipment and the world’s first to offer aircraft loans

Join Universe

Join Universe develops software for the financial industry to help people access credit on emerging countries.

Zorin Finance

Zorin Finance is a Real estate company.

Leap

Leap‘s peer to peer (P2P) lending platform connects borrowers and lenders directly, creating a community where everyone can thrive.

LandlordInvest

LandlordInvest is an online marketplace which matches professional landlords.

Credit Peers

Credit Peers is a privately held company that makes commercial property lending accessible to everyone.

Loanpad

Loanpad is a peer-to-peer lending platform with the operational simplicity and control of an online account.

Relendex

Relendex is a peer-to-peer marketplace that brings together lenders for loans secured on professionally valued properties.

Tymit

Tymit is a provider of credit cards that offers financing purchases overtime and manages the monthly budget.

Zopa

Zopa offers peer-to-peer loans with low rates, flexible terms, and no early repayment fees.

Paycado

Paycado is a new Fintech Neobank aiming to provide affordable and innovative banking services.

Simple Crowdfunding

Simple Crowdfunding is a regulated peer to peer lending and crowdfunding platform, offering property finance.

Sensible Lender

Sensible Lender is a lending business

Funds4Talents

Income-Contingent Student Loans

RedCloud Technologies

RedCloud believe technology will universally change the way in which services are distributed & accessed by people in new digital economy.

Emerio Banque

Emerio Banque Ltd is an International trade finance company providing LC, BG, documentary collections etc.services to global businesses.

Sphonic

Sphonic is a Context-Broker that leverages 3rd party vendor data with a workflow engine to enable fraud prevention, AML, KYC

Pepper Money

Pepper Money is a lender offering, exclusively through intermediaries, a variety of residential and sale mortgages that use common sense.

Mast

Mast is building cloud-native mortgage technology to help lenders process more mortgage applications in less time.

MARLO

MARLO is the world’s first lending platform for the $100 Billion+ ocean freight industry.

Beechbrook Capital

Beechbrook Capital provides mezzanine finance and equity co-investments to support buy-outs of businesses by private equity.

Pomanda

The UK deal network and business insight platform for Private Companies, Investors and Lenders

easyMoney

easyMoney is a lending platform backed by UK Property.

Growth Lending

Growth Lending is a digital platform that provides financial services for companies.

BOMADU

BOMADU is a home deposit finance platform.

Fundsquire UK

R&D Tax Credit Advance Finance

Alterest

Alterest is a data and intelligence provider.

Finalto

Finalto offers lending, trading, investment, risk management and financial solutions to businesses.

Lendwise

Peer to Peer Loans, P2P Lending, Marketplace Loans, Education Finance

MoneyBaba

Moneybaba operates exclusively online and focusing on responsible lending and facilitating access to credit across emerging countries.

SME Capital

SME Capital is a debt funding platform matching institutional investors.

Atempo Growth

Atempo Growth provides growth finance solutions to European tech startups at every level of their development.

Rise

On-demand health and wellbeing for the modern workplace & employee.

Logical Glue

Logical Glue is a software company that creates products to analyze data for a business to predict profitable outcomes for a business.

Library of Things

Library of Things is a start-up that lends out products from drills to sound systems to GoPros from smart borrowing kiosks.

Koodoo

Koodoo works with lenders and aggregators to intelligently connect homeowners with their next mortgage.

Backbone

Credit as a Service

RCP Finance

RCP Finance is a London-based, pan-European independent specialist in property finance for commercial and residential investment properties.

Leno

At Leno, we create financial solutions for the people and the businesses that don’t have access to bank financing.

Fintex Capital

Fintex Capital is a unique investment firm dedicated to alternative credit

BETALD

BETALD is the worlds fastest invoice factoring platform. We can finance invoices in seconds and we do it safe too with our AI.

Brismo

Brismo is a provider of lending performance data.

GLAS

GLAS provides direct lending, liability management, loan administration and escrow services.

Global Prime Partners

GPP is a multi-award winning financial services firm.

Riverfort Global Capital

Riverfort Global Capital provides venture capital, investment management, direct lending, high return impact investing & funding solutions.

Allium Money

Allium Money specialises in financing energy efficient home improvement projects.

CreditSCRIPT

CreditSCRIPT is an alternative credit investment platform that helps professional investors assess loans and portfolios.

NextCredit

Nextcredit is a direct lender that offers online instalments loans.

Legion Finance Trade Limited

We are private limited company whose aim is to provide expert financial service to clients in areas of Project Financing and Loan Funding

My Community Finance

My Community Finance provides access to ethical and fairly-priced financial products to the borrowers and savers of the community.

Carplus

Carplus is an online financing platform that provides a wide range of new and used automobile loans and services.

Real Funds

Real Funds is a London based peer-to-peer lending platform that provides alternative finance to small and medium-sized house builders.

Reputation Transfer

Unlocking the sharing economy’s data for insurers

London Loan Bank

London Loan Bank is the professional online credit lending company

Punjab National Bank (International)

Punjab National Bank (International) offers banking, NRI, money transfer facility, debit cards and lending services.

East Lodge Capital

East Lodge Capital is an investment firm that provides hedge funds, asset-based lending, commercial mortgage and employee benefit services.

Spotcap UK

Spotcap UK is an online lender for small and medium-sized businesses.

FAST INVEST

FAST INVEST is an alternative investment platform for investing in personal loans.

American TV.

American has built a market-leading reputation for exceptional customer service, selection, and price earning.

Os Money

Os Money is a best Online Leander In United Kingdom.

eCoinomic

eCoinomic is a financial services platform based on crypto assets.

Amicus Finance

Amicus is a financial services group, delivering outstanding property finance, commercial mortgages and asset finance solutions.

MoneyBoat

MoneyBoat provides payday, quick, fast, short-term, quick, emergency, installment loan options, lending, and brokerage services.

Century Capital

Century Capital offers bridging loans and mortgage services to entrepreneurs, first-time home buyers, and property developers.

Brydg

Brydg is a property financing and asset backed lending platform.

Ortus Secured Finance

Ortus Secured Finance provides lending, loan, financial and consulting services for residential and commercial sectors.

Orka Ventures

Orka Ventures is a fintech company that focuses on software products for loan applications as well as insurance, banking, and debit cards.

gkCredit

gkCredit is a lending company that provides consumer loans, small business loans, credit analytics, and scoring services for SMEs.

Tbc Bank Group

TBC Bank Group PLC is the UK-based parent company of JSC TBC Bank and its affiliates, Georgia’s largest banking group.

Housing Disrepair Helpline

Housing Disrepair Helpline helps tenants with free housing advice then connects them with housing solicitors to fight their cases.