Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Funding Circle Holding Plc
EU Transparency Register
598139430310-16 First registered on 21 Feb 2018
Goals / Remit
Funding Circle (LSE: FCH) is a global SME loans platform, connecting SMEs who want to borrow with investors who want to lend in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands. Since launching in 2010, investors across Funding Circle's geographies - including more than 93,000 retail investors, banks, asset management companies, insurance companies, government-backed entities and funds - have lent more than €9.5 billion to over 77,000 businesses globally.
Main EU files targeted
Capital Markets Union Package (in particular the initiative on Financial Technology (FinTech) and proposals for an EU framework on crowd and peer to peer finance); Digital Single Market Initiatives; Prospectus Directive; European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation
Address
Head Office
71 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4AY
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
European Crowdfunding Network (ECN); https://eurocrowd.org/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
On April 17th 2019, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to a €100 million lending agreement with Funding Circle. The EIB lends through the Dutch and German platforms of Funding Circle to small businesses in Germany and the Netherlands. The EU bank’s loan is backed by a guarantee from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe – the Juncker Plan – under which the EIB and the European Commission are working together as strategic partners and the EIB’s financing operations are boosting the competitiveness of the European economy.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 24 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject Crowdfunding Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Feb 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Fintech Action Plan & Crowdfunding platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)