The source adds the following information: "This study gathered data from 367 crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other online alternative finance intermediaries from across 32 countries in geographic Europe, out of which 273 platforms are currently operating outside of the United Kingdom. Utilizing this unprecedented industry dataset, which captures an estimated 90% of the visible market, we hope to shed some light on the state of online alternative finance in Europe."

*The Central and Eastern European online alternative finance market includes transaction volumes from the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.