Qardus

Qardus operates a direct marketplace lending platform, which means it operates the "traditional" or "pure" P2P lending model and serves as an online space where borrowers can apply for loans and investors can fund projects. Qardus is run by Qardus Limited, based in the United Kingdom. It carries an investment license from United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Qardus allows you to provide funding to business owners by investing in business loans. You can also apply for funding if you are a business owner.

At Qardus, you can invest in projects denominated in GBP starting from £100.

Qardus separates investors’ funds from the platform company assets but doesn’t have a wind-down plan in place to ensure minimal damage in case the platform goes out of business. It doesn’t disclose statistics about its funded loans but shares its monthly funding volumes with P2PMarketData.

Qardus was started in 2019 by Hassan Daher. Hassan has over 15 years of experience. His professional background is mainly in finance. Hassan has been, for instance, an Associate Manager at Deloitte Corporate Finance — a global capital market company, and a Banking and Finance Research Fellow at ESA Business School — a business school in beirut, lebanon. He holds a PhD degree from INCEIF, The Global University of Islamic Finance in Islamic Finance.