Source: The Fine Print

Author: Simon Deane-Johns

The FCA has today published its crowdfunding consultation, covering both crowd investment in equities and debt securities (which the FCA calls ‘investment-based crowdfunding’), as well as the lender side of peer-to-peer lending (‘loan-based crowdfunding’). The borrower side of loan-based crowdfunding was covered in the FCA’s consumer credit consultation earlier this month. The consultation paper will be of interest not only to platform operators, but also to those looking to raise or contribute funds in a bid to escape bank products, in particular…