FundingKnight - The award winning crowdlender Reviews 17

TrustScore 4 out of 5

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  1. Non-Bank Financial Service

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Established in 2012, FundingKnight blends modern finance with traditional values. We are run by a management team with strong backgrounds in financial services, investment and technology. We enable investors to lend directly to British businesses, at a rate that works for both.


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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Another P2P platorm on which I've been…

Another P2P platorm on which I've been investing since inception.

Like the autobid faclity, but still don't think the autobuy is any good and confuses me.

Decent returns and reasonably low default rates in the first couple of years, but then things started going downhill soon after. Pity because they were fun to invest in.

Due to those bad loans my life return dropped to just 3% and just not worth the hassle of managing a P2P account for a 3% return pre-tax. That could be why I haven't seen any new loans for about year or so.

April 6, 2018
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

No new loans here, secondary market still active.

Funding Knight historically offered investments in businesses, for returns of around 7 to 12 %, but now appear to be winding down, as new loans no longer appear, although there is sometimes talk of new loans appearing. Default rates around average probably. There is still an active secondary market to invest through.

December 17, 2017
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best GUI of all the P2B platforms (IMHO)

Just made a quick suggestion to the team at FK which was promptly acknowledged, forwarded to the IT team, and responded to within 24 hours. Excellent.

The FK GUI is already by far the best experience of all the P2B platforms that I've seen....I could be wrong, please share if you think there is a better 'at a glance' set of screens that do what they say on the tin.

Well done FK.

June 28, 2016
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Excellent investing platform

I found the website intelligently constructed and thus easy to navigate. Online help and FAQs are good resources and have answered all my questions to-date. The only minor niggle I have is that the system does seem to log you off a bit too quickly when inactive.

April 27, 2016
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great borrower information and communication

As an experienced investor I use a number of P2P platforms, but I'm fairly new to Funding Knight.
So far I've been really impressed with the amount of information they give in support of each lending opportunity.
They have gone out of their way to make sure I'm happy with their service.
The only reason I've not given them a 5 star rating is that I've not used the platform long enough to be able to recommend them unreservedly.

March 17, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Service

Had a fantastic experience by taking loan through Funding Knight. The application process was very smooth and the loan was secured within 2 weeks.

March 16, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent P2P investment vehicle

I have been investing in the P2P market place for the last few years, and started using Funding Knight almost 2 years ago. I have found them to be the best of the P2P companies I have used. Their website is very easy to use, has all the information needed to hand via a simple menu system. Although as with all investments there are risks involved, Funding Knight has consistently given the best returns I have achieved. The loans offered are from varied industry sectors so diversification is easy to achieve, the bidding process is easy, the loan size is up to you, and one's money is not tied up for a long period.

All in all I thoroughly recommend Funding Knight

February 1, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A Fantastic User Experience and Positive Outcome

As Managing Director of a busy business in the middle of buying and selling a new company property, it was an absolute pleasure to use Funding Knight to help with my finance needs.
I like simple and effective solutions with no fuss, I don't need thrills, bells and whistles, I need ease of passage and positive outcomes, Funding Knight precisely delivered all of the above, I am indeed, a very Happy client!

Brandon J. Ray M.D

January 5, 2016
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Funding Knight

We used Funding Knight to raise £50,000 for purchasing stock.
The whole process was straight forward. The money was raised within 3 weeks of starting the process with a minimum of fuss and procedure.
I would recommend anyone to follow the same path.

July 30, 2015
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Personalised Service

We've worked with several crowd funding sites and must confess that Funding Knight provided one of the more personalised services. In small business financing, this is a significant contrast to traditional banks (who pretend to be personalised but actually are strictly "by the book" and impersonal, in our experience) and is noticeable in that the individual business's goals and unique service are taken into consideration for the auction.
Definitely recommended - and, in fact, have already recommended them to several colleagues.

July 20, 2015
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Business Loan

It is so refreshing for a business to firstly give you that personal touch and secondly take the time to understand your business needs.
FundingKnight will not put you into one of those categories, every application is looked at on an individual basis. This is extraordinary!

July 17, 2015
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Small businesses really do matter to Funding -Knight

We approached Funding-Knight to see if they could assist us with providing support while we underwent further expansion. The team at Funding-Knight were very professional and sympathetic to our small business needs. A simple process was followed very quickly with funds and since then we have managed with their help to grow our business to a level where we are able to compete in larger markets.
The funding was in place in January 2013 and looking back nearly 18 months we have nothing but gratitude for their support and assistance and also the assistance of their investors. We would have no reservations about recommending this process of funding a business and in particular using the services of Funding-Knight.

July 17, 2015
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