P2P consumer lending: amounts lent 2014 statistic

This statistic shows the distribution of total amounts loaned via peer-to-peer P2P consumer lending platforms within the United Kingdom (UK) alternative finance market as of 2014. At that time, approximately 31 percent of respondents loaned between 5,000 and 20,000 British pounds in total.

How much in total have you lent via this peer-to-peer lending platform?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Over 50,000	9%
20,000 to 50,000	14%
5,000 to 20,000	31%
1,000 to 5,000	28%
500 to 1,000	8%
100 to 500	7%
less than a 100	4%

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Release date

November 2014

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March to September 2014

Special properties

primary industry figures as well as extensive surveys of businesses and consumers

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Four stages of research activity were carried out from March to September 2014. (1) Stage one involved collecting primary transactional data directly from alternative finance platforms. (2) Stage two consisted of designing and distributing model-specific questionnaires to survey funders and fundraisers of alternative finance. In total 15,658 users were surveyed. (3) Stage three conducted in association with ACCA and PwC included two external national surveys to understand the level of awareness among consumers of alternative finance. 2,007 consumers and 506 SMEs were surveyed. (4) Stage four was the industry-wide tracking survey among UK crowdfunding associations and P2P associations to gather industrial figures for year 2014. Transactional data was collected for quarters one to three of 2014."

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