Peer to Peer lending is growing in the UK.

It has been growing at 90% per year

  • Additional £1 – 1.5bn expected to be added to 2015 total (1)
  • £2.3bn in 2015 (2)
  • £1.2bn in 2014
  • £480m in 2013

(1) https://www.bondmason.com/2015-uk-p2p-lending-market-review-and-3-predictions-2016

(2) “The P2P Lending market in the UK grew from £1.2bn of new lending in 2014 to over £2.3bn in 20151, and the growth in the 20 “bulge bracket” P2P platforms matched the “big 5″ platforms at 90%+ p.a.:”

https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/thematic-reviews/crowdfunding-review.pdf