We're the top small business lender in the Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200!

• The Sunday Times has released the 12th annual International Track 200  
• We've been named as the top SME lender ranking #20 in 2021, up two places from 2020, and we're the top fintech listed
• The Track names Britain's top 200 mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales

We've been named as the top small business lender, and highest ranked fintech firm, in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200. Released on the Sunday 21 February, iwoca ranks in 20th place ahead of a number of high-growth companies including Gymshark, Chilly’s Bottles and Brompton.

The International Track 200 ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest growing international sales, measured over the last two years. The criteria for the list includes total sales between £25m - £200m and international sales between £1m - £100m.

Fintech innovation

This recognition comes off the back of a strong year of innovation for iwoca. In the first half of  2020 we launched iwocaPay, a pay later option for SMEs, and started implementing our lending API (OpenLending), which will reach over 400,000 small businesses through embedded finance partnerships.

We recently announced another UK industry first through the integration of iwocaPay into accounting platform Xero, a partnership to help small businesses get paid upfront and manage cash flow, whilst offering attractive payment options for customers.

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)

iwoca played an important role in supporting small businesses through the pandemic by lending nearly £250 million through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme (CBILS) and will continue to lend until the scheme closes.

Our co-founder and CEO – Christoph Rieche: "iwoca was born out of the frustration that small businesses were struggling to find the finance they needed to reach their potential," says Christoph. "We knew that technology could significantly shorten the long, drawn out and frustrating processes the banks were putting small business owners through, so built a company to fix this problem."

“I’m proud to say that less than a decade later, we’ve made finance available to more than 50,000 businesses and made more than £2 billion available across the UK and Germany."

“We continue to innovate during this crucial time. We’re already reaching more than 1.3 million businesses through embedded finance partnerships, and have launched iwocaPay, the first of its kind invoice checkout to allow all businesses to be paid on time.”

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