Jakob Pethick

Nov 27, 2024 | ffnews.com | Lauren Hinton |Jakob Pethick

YouLend, the leading global embedded financing platform, reports that a growing number of UK SMEs are turning to embedded financing to secure vital capital ahead of the most important sales period of the year—Black Friday and Christmas. YouLend data reveals a 30% surge in financing applications leading up to Black Friday in 2024, with ecommerce platforms being the main driver of this jump, illustrating the growing demand for flexible financing options at the point-of-need.

Oct 28, 2024 | ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Jakob Pethick |Neil Richards

Dojo, a leading payment technology provider, has announced a major milestone in its mission to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK. Through its long-standing partnership with global embedded financing platform YouLend, Dojo has extended over £1 billion in flexible funding since 2020. Over the past four years, the partnership has provided financing to more than 20,000 businesses.

Jun 17, 2024 | ffnews.com | Lauren Towner |Jakob Pethick

At Money 20/20 Europe, we spoke to Jakob Pethick from YouLend, to find out about the advancements taking place in embedded finance, a market that is expected to reach nearly US$385 billion by 2029, and some very real use cases to boot. Pethick points out the significant potential for banks through embedded lending, offering new ways to provide capital and how the technology is starting to pop up not only in ecommerce but traditional industries too.

Dec 14, 2023 | ffnews.com | Lauren Hinton |Jakob Pethick

YouLend, the leading global embedded financing platform, has reached a major lending milestone, successfully providing 150,000 instances of funding to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK, EU, and the US, since its launch in 2015. It’s estimated that YouLend-backed SMEs have contributed £6.8 billion in revenue to the GDP across our core markets, and have experienced a 26% uplift in sales in the 6 months following funding.