London has become a global colossus for financial startups: the UK and Ireland accounted for more than half of Europe's Fintech deals in 2013, with the capital taking the lion's share of that. There are other pockets of Europe where financial startups also seem to thrive.
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Funding Circle was out at the very front of peer-to-peer lending for businesses, and they've expanded rapidly because of it. It's another firm that has found an innovative way to thrive in very specific conditions that came about after the financial crisis.
