creditshelf further expands its product offering and enters into strategic partnership with leading asset manager, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Frankfurt am Main (ots) -

- creditshelf expands product portfolio by offering access to a
unique credit term of up to eight years for fully unsecured SME
loans between EUR 500,000 and EUR 5 million
- Strategic partnership for the product extension with BNP Paribas
Asset Management strengthens investor base on the creditshelf
platform

creditshelf AG, a pioneer in digital SME financing in Germany, has entered into
a strategic partnership with BNP Paribas Asset Management ('BNPP AM'), further
expanding the loan offering on its platform. creditshelf will originate
unsecured SME loans between EUR 500,000 and EUR 5 million with a term of five to
eight years for BNPP AM's institutional investors. creditshelf is therefore able
to offer German SMEs a new, long-term financing alternative currently unique in
Germany, increasing the opportunities for SMEs looking to finance organic
growth.

The new loan offer in particular targets small and medium-sized German growth
companies. creditshelf will conduct a detailed assessment of potential German
SME borrowers that meet pre-defined selection criteria in order for BNPP AM to
make a final credit decision.

Dr. Daniel Bartsch, founding partner and Board Member of creditshelf, comments:
"Our partnership with BNPP AM, one of Europe's largest and most renowned asset
managers, highlights the attractiveness of digital SME financing for
institutional lenders and the high appeal of our platform. The partnership with
BNPP AM is another component of our growth strategy and we expect positive
network effects on both sides of the creditshelf platform. The extended term of
up to eight years gives our customers even more flexibility, as banks in Germany
do not typically offer such long tenors for unsecured growth financing."

Stéphane Blanchoz, Head of SME Alternative Financing at BNPP AM, added: "Our
partnership with creditshelf will allow us to bring our unique SME loan product
to the German market, alongside our existing offering in the UK and the
Netherlands. We have chosen creditshelf as our partner because of their
prominent position within alternative finance for German SMEs, which will enable
us to further diversify our SME loans offering for institutional clients."

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creditshelf is a pioneer in the field of digital SME finance in Germany that
arranges loans via its easy-to-use online platform, www.creditshelf.com. The
company, which was founded in 2014 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, sees
itself as a market and technology leader in the fast-growing digital SME finance
business in Germany. As a provider of SME finance, creditshelf has developed its
platform to meet the financing needs of German SME borrowers through loans from
investors interested in this asset class. By offering to arrange corporate loans
in this way, creditshelf enables small and medium-sized companies to access
highly attractive alternative finance options. At the same time, creditshelf
offers professional investors looking for attractive investment opportunities
access to SME finance. The company's core competencies include the selection of
suitable credit projects, credit quality analysis for potential borrowers,
credit scoring, and risk-adequate pricing. creditshelf receives fees for its
services from both the SME borrowers and the investors.

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About BNP Paribas Asset Management

BNP Paribas Asset Management is the asset management arm of BNP Paribas, one of
the world's foremost financial institutions, and offers high value-added
solutions to individual savers, companies, and institutional investors. It has a
broad range of skills in four investment divisions: Equities, Fixed Income,
Private Debt & Real Assets, and Multi-Asset, Quantitative and Solutions (MAQS).
Sustainability is at the heart of BNP Paribas Asset Management's strategy and
investment decision-making process, making an active contribution to energy
transition, environmental protection and the promotion of equality and inclusive
growth. Its aim is to achieve long-term sustainable investment returns for its
clients. BNP Paribas Asset Management has assets under management of EUR 436
billion* (as at 30 September 2019), more than 520 investment professionals and
almost 500 client servicing specialists, serving individual, corporate and
institutional clients in 69 countries.

For more information about BNP Paribas Asset Management, please visit
bnpparibas-am.com (https://www.bnpparibas-am.com/en/). For more information
about BNP Paribas Asset Management's SME Alternative Financing platform, please
visit smealternativefinancing.bnpparibas-am.com
(https://www.smealternativefinancing.bnpparibas-am.com/).

* EUR 589 billion of assets under management and advisory as at 30 September
2019.

Further information:

creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft
Birgit Hass
Head of Marketing and Communikation
Mainzer Landstraße 33a
60329 Frankfurt
Phone.: +49 (69) 348 77 24-13
birgit.hass@creditshelf.com
www.creditshelf.com

Thöring & Stuhr
Kommunikationsberatung GmbH
Arne Stuhr
Mittelweg 142
20148 Hamburg
Phone: +49 (40 )207 6969 83
Cell: +49 (177) 3055 194
arne.stuhr@corpnewsmedia.de

Investor Relations:
creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft
Fabian Brügmann (CFO)
Maximilian Franz (Investor Relations Manager)
Mainzer Landstraße 33a
60329 Frankfurt
Phone.: +49 69 348 719 113
ir@creditshelf.com
www.creditshelf.com

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