Flender looking at expansion into eastern Europe and Spain

Mark Roden Flender

Flender, a peer-to-peer lending start-up backed by Ding founder and Esat Digifone co-founder Mark Roden, is eyeing up an expansion to eastern Europe and Spain after it launches in Britain next year.

The start-up has funded €1 million in loans to Irish businesses since it launched 18 months ago and has recently started offering peer-to-peer loans for property developers.

“Our target customers are property developers and builders looking for finance for up to ...