The UK alternative finance market is still healthy

BII This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Fintech Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. The UK's alternative finance market — including marketplace lending, crowdfunding, and invoice trading — grew 43% year-over-year (YoY) in 2016, from £3.2 billion ($4.3 billion) to £4.58 billion ($6.17 billion), according to a recently released study from theCambridge Centre for Alternative Finance. This marks slower growth than seen between 2014 and 2015 (86%), bu...