Accountancy

Fintech firm pauses emergency lending due to lack of funding

Tide’s chief executive has called on the government to stump up capital for fintech lenders

A fintech firm that provides banking services to small businesses has paused lending out money under the government’s 100% guaranteed loan scheme after failing to secure funding.

Tide, which was accredited as a lender under the scheme on 15 May, announced that it would stop offering the loans in a blog post by its chief executive Oliver Prill on 7 July.

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