Alternative finance market size in Italy 2014-2020
Alternative finance includes the funding of individuals, businesses and other entities outside of the traditional capital markets and banking systems. These include but are not limited to peer-to-peer lending, balance sheet lending, invoice trading, debt based securities and mini bonds as well as investment and non-investment based crowdfunding. The total value of alternative financing in Italy during 2020 was 1.86 billion U.S. dollars.