LONDON, June 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), the UK's leading SME finance platform, announces the successful completion of SBOLT 2026-1, the tenth public securitisation of loans originated on the Funding Circle platform.

This transaction, made up of loans owned by Waterfall Asset Management (WAM), marks a decade of public market issuance for Funding Circle, cementing its position as the leading public SME ABS issuer in the UK and Europe in that period*, and underlining the scale and maturity of its SME ABS programme.

Operated on behalf of platform investors, Funding Circle has built a reputable securitisation programme that has opened up SME lending as an asset class, and enables the platform to unlock large, long-term pools of capital for UK SMEs, supporting their growth and contribution to the wider economy.

Across all ten SBOLT transactions, Funding Circle's programme has:

Delivered total securitised issuance of c.£2.5 billion since 2016;

Supported lending to more than 33,000 UK small businesses.

This transaction was well-received by investors, driven by Funding Circle's long track record of delivering attractive and sustainable returns, together with its consistent programme-based issuance.

Funding Circle has a long-standing relationship with the British Business Bank and SBOLT 2026-1 marks the Bank's first participation in a Funding Circle public securitisation. The British Business Bank's ...