GB Bank has become the latest firm to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a lender member.

The challenger bank works to combine retail savings, property-backed lending and specialist funding lines. It works with intermediaries, professional investors, entrepreneurs, businesses and non-bank lenders to solve complex funding needs quickly, with the service and flexibility often associated with private banks.

GB Bank’s property-backed lending proposition includes bridging and buy-to-let finance, with a particular focus on complex, time-sensitive and higher-value cases that require responsive decision-making and a commercially minded approach.

The BDLA represents the interests of bridging and development lenders and their customers. It now has 55 lender members with a collective loan book of over £13bn.

Chief executive officer at the BDLA, Adam Tyler, stated: "We are very pleased to welcome GB Bank to the BDLA as a lender member. The association continues to grow in both scale and influence, and the addition of another ambitious, solutions-led lender further strengthens our collective voice across the specialist property finance market.

"As the trade body for the bridging and development finance sector, the BDLA plays an important role in bringing lenders together, promoting high standards and ensuring the industry is properly represented with regulators, policymakers and wider stakeholders. Our lender members are central to that work, and we look forward to working with GB Bank as we continue to support sustainable growth, transparency and professionalism across the market."

CEO at GB Bank, Eddie Trahearn, added: "We are delighted to join the BDLA as a lender member and to become part of an association that plays such an important role in supporting and representing the bridging and development finance sector.

"At GB Bank, we are focused on helping intermediaries, borrowers and lending partners solve complex funding requirements with pace, clarity and a pragmatic approach.

"BDLA membership is a natural fit for our commitment to collaboration, high standards and the continued growth of the specialist finance market."

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