Link Financial to Partner With Funding Circle, the Newly Launched 'Social Lending Platform'

LONDON, September 23, 2010 - Link Financial Outsourcing ('LFO'), part of Link Financial Group, is
pleased to announce its partnership with Funding Circle, the innovative new
'social lending platform' that facilitates loans between individuals and
businesses.

The partnership will see LFO providing back-up, collection and recovery
services for the Funding Circle platform, mitigating the risk for this
fast-growing new enterprise.

Selina Burdell, COO of Link Financial Group, commented: "This partnership
leverages on Link's long standing operational experience and on the
diversified skills of our management team to provide back-up services to
Funding Circle. We are delighted to be collaborating with an innovative team
with a forward-looking mindset who recognised the need to appoint us as an
effective and reliable backup servicer."

Paul Burdell, CEO of Link Financial Group, added: "Link Financial is
proud to contribute to a project that aims to sustain UK small and medium
enterprises, the core of our economy."

For more information on Funding Circle, please visit
www.fundingcircle.com/

Notes to Editors:

Link Financial Group is one of Europe's leading purchasers and servicers
of performing, semi- and non-performing consumer receivables. The Company has
acquired rights to $8.25bn of receivables, which represents more than 2
million individual customers. Link operates in over 40 countries and has
servicing operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and Ireland.

Link Financial Outstourcing is the dedicated third party servicer of Link
Financial Group that offers different services to the financial community:
Master servicing, Back-up servicing, Cash management, Loan portfolio
consulting services, System consulting services. Link Financial Outstourcing
leverages on more than 12-year of operational experience and caters for both
its clients and its investment partners.

    For further information:
    Paul Burdell, CEO +44(0)20-7793-2670
    Link Financial Group
    Andrew Jaques/Nick Denton/Ian Payne +44(0)20-7357-9477

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    For more information on the Back-up Servicing Solutions that Link
    Financial can provide, please email info@linkfinancial.eu

For further information: Paul Burdell, CEO +44(0)20-7793-2670, Link Financial Group, Andrew Jaques/Nick Denton/Ian Payne +44(0)20-7357-9477; For more information on the Back-up Servicing Solutions that Link, Financial can provide, please email info at linkfinancial.eu