Methodology
How deals get into the dataset, and what each field means.
Scope
Debt raised by fintech and specialty lenders headquartered in Europe (EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland) that funds their lending: warehouse lines, forward-flow agreements (a funder agrees to buy future loans), public and private securitisations, revolving credit facilities, term loans and other asset-backed facilities. Corporate venture debt to a lender is included when announced as funding for its loan book or growth. Equity rounds, bank deposits and regulatory capital instruments (AT1, Tier 2) are out of scope. Coverage starts on 1 January 2025.
Sources
Only public sources: company and funder press releases, newswires, public registers (ESMA and FCA securitisation notifications), law-firm deal announcements and free trade press. We respect robots.txt and site terms, and we do not copy paywalled articles. Each row stores our own one-line summary and links to its sources.
Checking
- Every amount, date and funder is read from the source text itself, not from search snippets or memory.
- Unknown fields stay empty. We never estimate an undisclosed size.
- Confirmed means at least one primary source: the borrower's, a funder's, or their own wire release. Reported means secondary sources only (press, law firms, aggregators). Today 94 of 124 deals are confirmed by the company or funder.
- An automated validator rejects rows without a source, with dates outside the range, or with a confidence label that doesn't match their sources.
Fields
- Announced
- Date of the earliest public source we found. Law-firm notes are sometimes published after closing.
- Facility type
- As described by the source. "Credit facility" means the source doesn't say how the line is structured.
- Size
- Headline facility size as announced, in the original currency. "Up to" means a maximum, often including an uncommitted accordion. Forward-flow sizes are the facility or commitment, not expected cumulative loan volume.
- Totals
- Sums of disclosed sizes, per currency. We do not convert currencies. An enlarged or replaced facility is counted once, at its latest size.
- Funders
- Named lenders, loan buyers, arrangers and guarantors with their role where stated. Funder counts are not rankings.
- Asset class
- What the facility finances, from the source. "Not disclosed" if the source doesn't say.
- Country
- Borrower group headquarters. Where loans are made is listed separately when known.
Reusing the data
The data is free to use. Please cite ABF Watch and link to the original sources.
Known gaps
Many private facilities are never announced, and some announcements omit size or funders. Coverage is strongest for the UK and Germany, and for English-language announcements. If you know of a deal we're missing,tell us.