Tagged: latvia

April 6, 2020 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Crowdfund Insider reported on Latvia-based peer to peer lender Grupeer’s decision to halt all lending due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. CI quoted the company’s decision: “Regretfully, we are forced to inform you that in the current circumstances it is not… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedbank AB, a Nordic-Baltic banking group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is reportedly sponsoring a global hackathon, which will try to find solutions to deal with the  deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The event, which is scheduled to take place between April 9-12, 2020, aims to be… Read More

April 1, 2020 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Grupeer is the latest European peer to peer lender to shut down operations. Grupeer operates out of Latvia but also claims an office in Ireland. In a message posted on the site this week, Grupeer management claimed that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic made… Read More

April 1, 2020 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PaySafeCard, an Austria-based fintech that is part of the Paysafe Group, announced on Wednesday it has launched its services in Latvia. This launch comes just a couple of months after Paysafecash made its debut in Cyprus. As previously reported, PaySafeCard claims it has become a… Read More

March 20, 2020 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Twino, a European peer to peer lender, has announced the launch of “Twino ventures” an offering that is said to provide high yield, secured loans. In a release, Twino said the loans will allow investors to participate in real estate projects “carefully selected by a… Read More

February 24, 2020 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, Crowdfund Insider reported on two debt-based investment platforms based in Estonia closing their doors leaving investors with many questions and apparently no money. Envestio tweeted that the problem had to do with a “well-planned set of actions aimed to cause significant financial and… Read More

February 5, 2020 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Twino and Via SMS, two Latvia based online lending platforms, are joining forces to enter the Asia-Pacific market, according to a release. The two companies are launching a consumer lending platform names Vamo in Vietnam as their first step in the new venture. The two… Read More

December 14, 2019 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

ViaInvest, a peer to peer lender based in Latvia, has added small business loans to its platform. In an email, ViaInvest states: “We are thrilled to inform you, that ViaInvest has expanded its product portfolio by listing business loans on the platform. The first loan… Read More

November 20, 2019 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform EstateGuru and OberHaus, real estate agency operating across the Baltic region, have joined together to produce shared real estate market research and analysis with a specialized focus on the needs of the crowdfunding platform. A general and combined analysis of the… Read More

November 20, 2019 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

TWINO Group, a European peer to peer lending platform, has topped €1 billion in originated loans, according to a company release. Launched in Latvia in 2009, TWINO reports half of the billion Euros in lending has been issued in the past three years as the… Read More

August 15, 2019 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, an online marketplace that aggregates 65 lending companies, is reporting having topped €3 billion in loans financed. The €2 billion hurdle was surpassed in April thus it appears that Mintos is experiencing increasing velocity. Mintos reports that it currently services over 170,000 investors globally…. Read More

July 29, 2019 @ 6:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, peer to peer lender Viventor selected Andrius Bolšaitis as the new CEO of the online lender. In a release, the company said previous CEO Toms Niparts was departing the firm to start a new, unnamed company. Viventor, based in Riga, is a P2P… Read More

June 20, 2019 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Viainvest has circulated an email indicating they have established  “one interest rate for all loan originators.” Currently, the interest rate is pegged at 11%. Viainvest, part of the Via SMS Group, is based in Riga, Latvia. The company currently offers small… Read More

April 15, 2019 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

A report from Mintos, an online marketplace for investments in loans, states they have topped €2 billion in funding. Mintos CEO and co-Founder Martins Sulte commented that hitting the €2 billion milestone shows that Mintos is on on the right path of making financial services… Read More

November 14, 2018 @ 5:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, an online marketplace for loans, has just announced a € 5 million Series A funding round. As part of the announcement, Latvia-based Mintos is entering the stealth bank realm by moving to provide their users with both IBAN accounts and personal debit cards. By providing… Read More

November 12, 2018 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Automated peer to peer platform Robo.cash has issued a note saying Russian microfinance company MFC Zaymer is joining their platform. The company operates Zaymer.ru that offers short-term (payday) loans with interest rates for investors of 14% in Euros and up to 18% for loans originated in Rubles…. Read More

October 4, 2018 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, an online marketplace for peer to peer loans for retail investors, has partnered with European payments Fintech Trustly. Founded in 2008, Trustly Group AB is a Swedish Fintech firm. Mintos will now allow investors to transfer funds in real time from banks in 29 different… Read More

September 23, 2018 @ 10:10 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Bitcoin entrepreneurs Alena Vranova and Giacomo Zucco announced today that they are creating a foundation to help Bitcoin, an automated, autonomous payment network invented in 2009, compete with centralized cryptocurrency ventures. Vranova, an early adopter of Bitcoin and co-creator of the Bitcoin projects Slush Pool,… Read More

September 23, 2018 @ 2:34 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Baltic Honey Badger Conference of 2018, held this year in Riga, Latvia, wrapped up today with a panel featuring Adam Back, the CEO of Blockstream, Giacomo Zucco, CEO at BHB Network; Tone Vays, a former Wall Street risk analyst and Bitcoin advocate; and Eric Lombrozo,… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 6:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, an online marketplace for loans, has topped € 1 billion in total loans funded after three and a half years of operation. During 2018, Mintos says platform velocity has increased with €500 million invested so far. The platform expects the trajectory to continue with Mintos surpassing €2… Read More