Tagged: latvia

July 13, 2021 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at EstateGuru, an online lending platform that offers retail investors the ability to back loans secured by property, notes that as is customary, and as part of their commitment to transparency, they’ve published an “externally audited” annual report for 2020. EstateGuru‘s management writes in… Read More

July 3, 2021 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bigbank, a global Estonian-owned bank providing personalized financial products, has selected European payment services firm Nets, to offer issuer processing and digital services, such as virtual cards and mobile payment capabilities. As noted by its management: “We’re a new type of bank – a truly… Read More

June 21, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Estateguru, an online lending platform that offers retail investors the ability to back loans secured by property, reveals that it financed €16.8M worth of loans last month. As mentioned in EstateGuru‘s loan portfolio overview report, the most active markets were Estonia and… Read More

June 17, 2021 @ 2:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gabriella Kindert, who is considered an expert in private debt markets and has reportedly managed billions (currently serving as a Board member at EstateGuru), says that she encourages investors to check out different lending platforms. In a recent interview, Kindert talked about  how they should… Read More

June 10, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

roThe team at Nordigen notes that it’s just been half a year since they announced Europe’s first “free” Open Banking API, however, they’ve already managed to introduce 1,000 bank integrations and acquire an additional €2.1 million. The Latvia-based Nordigen team writes in a blog post… Read More

June 9, 2021 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

During the past year, Latvia and Israel have experienced a significant surge in Fintech interest, according to a recent analysis published by the Fintech News Network. Google Trends data for the period between April 2020 and April 2021 reveals that online search queries for Fintech… Read More

May 25, 2021 @ 7:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andres Luts, Chief Credit Officer at EstateGuru, an online lending platform that offers retail investors the ability to back loans secured by property, is responsible for managing the platform’s credit policy across several different European nations. Luis recently talked about EstateGuru’s enforcement proceedings that are… Read More

May 15, 2021 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The lending firms on P2P marketplace Mintos are preparing (or have already prepared) and posted their consolidated financial performance reports from last year. The Mintos team notes in a detailed blog post (dated May 13, 2021) that they’re bringing to attention the lending firms, as… Read More

May 14, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru, a Lithuania-based debt crowdfunding platform, has published its Loan Portfolio Overview Report for April 2021. The report, released on May 14, 2021, notes that April’s financing volume was more than €14 million and the German market has become the primary contributor of new projects… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru, an Estonia-based peer-to-peer lender facilitating secured loans, notes that in March 2021, their investors were able to finance €21.5M worth of loans which is “a new record” on their platform. The German market was notably the largest contributor with €8,3M, followed by Estonia with… Read More

March 23, 2021 @ 12:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Jeff App, a Latvian fintech startup that provides a data-enabled loan brokerage platform for unbanked customers in Asia, announced on Tuesday it raised $1 million through its latest financing round led by the Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN) syndicate with participation from Startup Wise Guys,… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 1:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lending marketplace Mintos reveals that on 1 March 2021, Mogo Latvia had issued bonds valued at €30 million, thus managing to successfully complete the largest bond issue in recent years by a private firm via the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange. On March 11, 2021,… Read More

March 4, 2021 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut is expanding its banking services in 10 new European markets. According to a release, customers in the following countries may now utilize the Revolut banking app: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Revolut, which currently claims over… Read More

February 20, 2021 @ 2:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Latvia-based peer to peer (P2P) lender Grupeer noted on February 19, 2021 that last year, they had informed everyone that they were planning to “aggressively” pursue claims against the Loan Originators that were in default. Grupeer confirmed that they had prepared “most of the necessary… Read More

January 20, 2021 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru, an Estonia-based peer to peer lender facilitating secured loans, has revealed that it closed 2020 with solid results and performance in December during which the platform’s investors financed a total of €18.3 million worth of loans. EstateGuru confirmed in its loan portfolio overview for… Read More

January 19, 2021 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

TWINO, a Latvia based peer to peer lender, is reporting €5.8 million in net profit for 2019. According to the company, TWINO Group earned €8.3 million in net income or a net profit of € 5.8 million “enhanced” by € 2.5 million  in “other comprehensive… Read More

December 1, 2020 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Nordigen, a Latvia based Fintech, has launched an Open Banking API that incorporates a freemium model. According to Nordigen, developers in companies of all sizes may access PSD2 data from major banks from across Europe via a single API. Nordigen pairs the free service with… Read More

November 30, 2020 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Mintos, a Fintech that recently closed a securities offering on Crowcube, is reporting that it has set a new record when it comes to an offering for a continental European funding round. The offering has raised €7.2 million in total backed by over 7000… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending marketplace Mintos has surpassed £7 million on Crowdcube on the final day of the securities offering. The Mintos security offering should be one of the largest offerings on Crowdcube for 2020. Mintos is raising equity capital at a pre-money valuation of… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 9:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital-only bank platform N26 recently announced it is bringing Google Pay to customers in Austria, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The company made Google Pay available to customers starting in 2018, with the first launches in Belgium, Ireland, Slovakia, and Spain…. Read More