Recently, there’s been much talk about small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance, peer-to-peer lending, and alternative lending in general. At least, this was our impression when we were sponsors at LendIt, an event that gathers all the companies that shape fintech in Europe. And these people know all about the burning points of the industry. Which is why we kept our eyes and ears open and tried to get more detail on the newest trends in finance.

For us, the most important part was to understand to what extent non-banking financial institutions are necessary competitors with banks in lending, how can they prove they’re trustworthy, and how they might create an SME product that people will actually want to use.