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60% of SMEs would accept more EU regulation for closer trade ties

June 22, 2026

New research from iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, finds that a decade on from the UK’s 2016 Brexit vote, the majority of the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders want to rebuild trade ties with the EU, and most are willing to take on more regulation to do so.

SMEs that access finance are 70% more likely to succeed, new research finds

June 15, 2026

Recession fears among UK SMEs hit two-year high as Middle East conflict squeezes costs

May 12, 2026

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.

iwoca celebrates its 7th birthday today. Hurray!

January 17, 2020

It’s iwoca’s birthday! We’ll be blowing out seven candles on our cake today.Our company was founded back in 2011 by Christoph Rieche, our CEO, and James Dear, our CTO, and we’ve been incredibly busy ever since then.