UK specialty finance comparisons
Side-by-side comparisons of UK specialty SMB finance providers. Each matchup covers rate, ticket band, decision time, soft-search and eligibility. We group by buyer segment so the comparisons stay semantically meaningful for limited companies, LLPs and partnerships of 4+.
Merchant cash advance (MCA)
- Liberis vs YouLendTwo leading UK card-acquirer MCA providers compared on factor rate and hold-back.
- 365 Business Finance vs LiberisCard-based MCA providers compared on sector reach and ticket band.
- Bizcap vs CapifyHigh-risk-tolerant Australian-origin MCA vs UK-native MCA brand.
- Capify vs LiberisUK MCA providers compared on speed, ticket and underwriting flexibility.
- Capify vs YouLendCard-acquirer MCA vs general UK MCA: which fits which trade profile.
Specialist asset and term lenders
Cross-class search matchups
- Capify vs iwocaFintech short-term lender vs MCA: cashflow facility vs revenue-share repayment.
- Funding Circle vs iwocaMarketplace term loan vs fintech short-term cashflow facility.
- Allica Bank vs iwocaChallenger bank structured term vs fintech short-term cashflow.
- iwoca vs LiberisMCA card-acquirer revenue-share vs fintech short-term cashflow facility.
Post-decline routing
All comparisons
Every head-to-head we publish, across the FundBiz specialty panel. The featured matchups above carry a buyer-segment rationale; the full set below covers all provider pairings for direct "X vs Y" search.
365 Business Finance vs Aldermore →
365 Business Finance vs Allica Bank →
365 Business Finance vs Capify →
365 Business Finance vs Funding Circle →
365 Business Finance vs iwoca →
365 Business Finance vs JPM Capital →
365 Business Finance vs Liberis →
365 Business Finance vs OakNorth →
365 Business Finance vs Start Up Loans Company →
365 Business Finance vs Time Finance →
365 Business Finance vs YouLend →
Aldermore vs Allica Bank →
Aldermore vs Capify →
Aldermore vs Funding Circle →
Aldermore vs iwoca →
Aldermore vs JPM Capital →
Aldermore vs Liberis →
Aldermore vs OakNorth →
Aldermore vs Start Up Loans Company →
Aldermore vs Time Finance →
Aldermore vs YouLend →
Allica Bank vs Capify →
Allica Bank vs Funding Circle →
Allica Bank vs iwoca →
Allica Bank vs JPM Capital →
Allica Bank vs Liberis →
Allica Bank vs OakNorth →
Allica Bank vs Start Up Loans Company →
Allica Bank vs Time Finance →
Allica Bank vs YouLend →
Bizcap vs Capify →
Bizcap vs JPM Capital →
Bizcap vs Liberis →
Capify vs Funding Circle →
Capify vs iwoca →
Capify vs JPM Capital →
Capify vs Liberis →
Capify vs OakNorth →
Capify vs Start Up Loans Company →
Capify vs Time Finance →
Capify vs YouLend →
Funding Circle vs iwoca →
Funding Circle vs JPM Capital →
Funding Circle vs Liberis →
Funding Circle vs OakNorth →
Funding Circle vs Start Up Loans Company →
Funding Circle vs Time Finance →
Funding Circle vs YouLend →
iwoca vs JPM Capital →
iwoca vs Liberis →
iwoca vs OakNorth →
iwoca vs Start Up Loans Company →
iwoca vs Time Finance →
iwoca vs YouLend →
JPM Capital vs Liberis →
JPM Capital vs OakNorth →
JPM Capital vs Start Up Loans Company →
JPM Capital vs Time Finance →
JPM Capital vs YouLend →
Liberis vs OakNorth →
Liberis vs Start Up Loans Company →
Liberis vs Time Finance →
Liberis vs YouLend →
OakNorth vs Start Up Loans Company →
OakNorth vs Time Finance →
OakNorth vs YouLend →
Start Up Loans Company vs Time Finance →
Start Up Loans Company vs YouLend →
Time Finance vs YouLend →
Last reviewed: 2026-05-16. Editorial by Oliver Mackman.