Crowlending for SMEs and VSEs: Myths and realities of a financial innovation

This paper analyses the crowdlending market which is substantially growing during these last years. The objective of the study is to assess the ability of this financial innovation to ease financing for SMEs and very small enterprises (VSEs). To achieve that, we conducted both documentary study of the most important French lending platforms and interviews with managers of these platforms and also with credit brokers. We find that lending...