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Full steam ahead: Darlington named top British town to work for an SME

March 31, 2026

Darlington is ranked the best town or city to work for a small business in Britain, toppling last year’s leader Newcastle, according to new research released today by iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders.

iwoca launches Credit Compass to help millions of SMEs understand and improve their business credit score

March 16, 2026

Business cost concerns hit record high as SMEs brace for April tax rises, finance brokers say

February 19, 2026

'Faster than Farah': iwoca takes over 12% of all UK small business overdraft approvals

January 17, 2020

We've also overtaken Mo Farah's European record with our fastest business loan of 3 minutes and 26 seconds.

iwoca launches loans within 30 seconds with Funding Xchange and Funding Options

January 17, 2020

Our advanced Lending API will, for the first time, give small business owners immediate real-time loan decisions with finance marketplaces Funding Xchange and Funding Options.

Wow! We've now issued £1 billion in funding

January 17, 2020

Since launching in 2012, we've funded more than 30,000 customers and made finance available for over 50,000 businesses of all shapes and sizes.

Opening up our new look

January 17, 2020

We’re all about opening doors for small business, so we made it our logo.

iwoca reveals plan to fix Government's failing Bank Referral Scheme

January 17, 2020

For the sake of the UK's 5.7 million small businesses, iwoca CEO and co-founder Christoph Rieche has written a letter to the Chancellor arguing why the Bank Referral Scheme deserves to be fixed.