Guide to P2P Lending Regulations in the UK: Starting Your Own P2P Platform

With Matt Williamson, Head of Fintech, and Sophie Long, Director of Sales, at Thistle - a UK compliance Specialists

P2P Lending is mentioned as a future of lending, however, there are still not enough online P2P lending platforms. If you are looking into the regulations and the roadmap for starting your own P2P lending platform in the UK, this is the right webinar for you.

This webinar will provide actionable tips for launching your own P2P lending platform online in the UK, navigating the legal regulations and the FCA process.

We joined experts from Thistle, leading compliance authorities in the UK, to help you learn:

  • What do you need to start a P2P crowdfunding platform in the UK
  • Everything about the legal process starting a P2P platform
  • Raising capital and investing requirements on a P2P lending platform
  • Typical mistakes people make with P2P platform launching and how to avoid it
  • ISA regulations and how it affects your P2P lending platform

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Webinar Matt Williamson

Matthew Williamson

Head of Fintech at Thistle
  • Responsible for the oversight and management of Thistle Initiatives’ financial technology division
  • Worked with a large number of start-up businesses in the fintech space including loan, debt and equity based crowdfunding, electronic money and payment services operators and, more recently, cryptocurrency solutions for ICOs, exchanges and wider stakeholders
  • Responsible for all fintech direct authorisation applications supported by Thistle Initiatives
  • Management of a bank of directly authorised clients with varying fintech business models
Webinar Sophie Long

Sophie Long

Sales Director at Thistle
  • An experienced sales professional with over 10 years experience within financial services
  • Detailed understanding of ESMA & FCA regulation and the ability to apply this to the business requirements of Thistle clients
  • Working knowledge of different types of firms supervised and potentially supervised by Thistle and RCL including but not limited to, insurance, financial advice, Peer 2 Peer lending, Crowdfunding, AIFMD, Private Equity
  • Specific understanding/knowledge of the rules surrounding retail brokerage/fintech/insurance/P2P