Tagged: online investing

January 17, 2022 @ 1:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In December 2021, online lender Bondora reports having a “stable” month in terms of investments, despite declines from November. As noted in an update from Bondora, €16,511,772 was invested “across the platform—an 18.6% drop from November.” This is, however, the third-highest amount invested in 2021,… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 8:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at EstateGuru, an online investment marketplace that matches borrowers to investors with secured debt securities, notes that Investment Strategies is the next “evolution” of Auto Invest, which it replaces. EstateGuru wrote in an update that they’ve now “removed the €250 minimum limit for… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 2:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora notes that the secondary market ended 2021 with a relatively slow December. Bondora writes in an update, dated January 4, 2021, that after picking up slightly again in November, Secondary Market transactions “fell to €250,404” in December 2021. According to Bondora, this… Read More

December 19, 2021 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After two months of declining, Secondary Market activity on Bondora has reportedly picked up again, albeit “with a very slight 2%.” As mentioned in an update from Bondora, a total of €257,149’s worth of transactions “took place in November, compared to €252,126 in October.” Bondora… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Austrian Fintech firm Bitpanda and France’s mobile financial services Super-App provider, Lydia, are teaming up to provide Lydia’s 5.5 million clients with access to investing in crypto-assets. Lydia will reportedly be using Bitpanda’s white-label solution, which is an API-powered infrastructure that allows Fintech platforms and… Read More

March 13, 2021 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian peer to peer lender Robo.cash has revealed that it finished the month of February 2021 with new records and has continued its loyalty program. Robo.cash notes that in February, their investors funded €9.6 million worth of loans, which is reportedly the “second-best result” in… Read More

January 6, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based Investart, an online investing service with an intuitive “click-of-a-button” platform that’s intended for all users (especially to beginners), has dropped its commissions on transactions to zero. Customers have the option to choose between creating and managing their own investments or accepting portfolio allocations recommended… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 10:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Robinhood, a modern trading platform that offers both traditional securities as well as crypto, announced on Friday it was making a commitment to improving its Options offering. According to Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, the improvements follow the recent news that Alex… Read More

April 10, 2020 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AcreTrader, a U.S.-based online investment platform for farmland, announced on Friday it secured $5 million through its latest seed funding round, which was led by RZC Investments. Founded in 2018, AcreTrader stated it was created with a mission to provide direct access to farmland asset… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WealthyPlanet, a Canada-based online financial planning company, announced on Wednesday it has closed a seed funding round with Mercanti Management Inc. Founded in 2018, WealthyPlant states it gives Canadians “confidence” in their financial future by offering a free online planning tool with low-fee products and… Read More

February 28, 2019 @ 8:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform Republic announced on Thursday that SaaS platform, Baloonr, was named the winner of the second season of Meet the Drapers, which is a crowdfunding TV series that allows “regular” people to become investors.  Meet the Drapers is described as a reality TV show… Read More

February 27, 2019 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet, an online marketplace for direct equity investment in commercial real estate (CRE), announced on Wednesday the launch of its investor-friendly approach to investing qualified retirement account funds into commercial real estate offerings. According to CrowdStreet, the new option makes it easier than ever for… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, an online platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Wednesday that one billion in loans have been funded through its marketplace since launch. This announcement comes after the investment portal announced the close of its $30 million Series B last month. PeerStreet reported that… Read More