Linked Finance on track to lend €40m this year

Chief executive Niall Dorrian

Peer-to-peer lender Linked Finance has seen a near two-thirds increase in the amount of loans so far this year.

The Dublin-based company, which matches money from individuals with small and medium-sized businesses, said it is on track to generate €40 million in new loans in 2018.

The firm said €9.3 million in loans were facilitated between July and the end of September, an increase on the €5.9 million in lending in the same ...