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Shawbrook is an award-winning specialist bank, providing finance to meet the specific needs of customers across the SME, real estate and consumer sectors. Our innovative and specialist lending products range from complex structured credit facilities for growth-focused businesses, mortgages for professional landlords and property investors, as well as simple loans for individuals delivered digitally. We fuel our lending through customer deposits, which we attract by delivering a premium experience, choice and consistently great value to over 300,000 smart savers. The business model we have created is unique and difficult to replicate, with our ‘best of both’ approach combining deep human expertise with advanced digital, tech and data capabilities. This combination not only allows us to deliver excellent customer experiences, but to do so efficiently and at scale. We are proud of our innovative and agile culture, which drives consistently high employee engagement scores and makes Shawbrook an attractive destination for the best talent.

We back small businesses with the finance they need to succeed. At Funding Circle, we understand running a business is hard work so we provide a fast, hassle-free experience for businesses looking for finance - with SME experts based in the UK. Over the past ten years, we've been revolutionising SME lending by making it easier than ever to apply for a business loan. With our simple online application small businesses can apply in minutes without the need for interviews or business cases, get a decision in seconds, and funds in their account in typically 48 hours. We've helped over 130,000 businesses access more then £14.5 billion since 2010. And we're not done yet.

Lendio is transforming small business lending by connecting small businesses, lenders, and small business service providers through a single integrated technology platform. The Lendio Marketplace matches business owners with funding from over 75 lenders and financial partners, all through one simple online application. Lendio’s Embedded Marketplace brings this experience seamlessly to small business service providers’ ecosystems, allowing them to embed a full loan application and funding solution within their platform. For banks and lenders, Lendio’s purpose-built software integrates within their tech stack to automate small business loan decisioning, underwrite applicants, and connect financial institutions with curated applicants from Lendio’s direct and embedded marketplaces. With a single technology platform, Lendio is fueling the dreams of small business owners wherever they seek capital. Since 2011, Lendio has facilitated more than 520,000 small business loans and other financing options totaling over $17 billion.