Tagged: p2p lending

August 23, 2021 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lender Bondora reports that July brought “yet another month of increased investment” via the platform. Investors that are active on Bondora have “flooded” the platform with €11,628,988 in investments. This is “a steady 7.5% growth rate compared to June,” the company reveals while… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robo.cash, a Croatian peer-to-peer lender, has shared insights on different investment approaches. In a new blog post, Robo.cash talks about the liquidity strategy. As explained by the P2P lender,  liquidity is one of the “significant factors” that make assets appealing to investors…. Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 11:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In June 2021, the team at Bondora, a leading P2P lending platform, had celebrated Go & Grow’s success with more than €10 million invested. And this month in August, they’re celebrating another key milestone: Bondora now has more than 170,000 investors active on its platform…. Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending company that connects borrowers and investors with over $17B in loans issued via its platform, has shared its Performance Update Report for the month of July 2021. As noted in the report prepared by Haiyan Huang from Prosper, dated August 13,… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Automobile lender Jet Finance reveals that it has launched on European peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos. As mentioned in a blog post by Mintos, the Jet Finance team says it’s pleased to confirm that it has officially gone live on Mintos. According to the update, Jet… Read More

August 14, 2021 @ 1:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly 80% of European investors now use digital tools to keep track of their expenses, according to an update from Croatian peer-to-peer lender Robo.cash. Robo.cash notes in a blog post that 78.9% of investors have been monitoring their spending or transactions via an app or… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Today, nearly a year and a half since the Coronavirus pandemic began, we have all been forced to adapt to the new environment or the “new normal” in almost every aspect of life. As at any time, there are always “winners” in the economy and… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In April 2021, lending firm E-Cash had reportedly informed European P2P lender Mintos of its intentions to begin closing down its business operations. Due to E-Cash having missed “regular settlement payments” to investors for 7 days and a wind-down process that ‘hadn’t yet been evaluated,”… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lender Bondora reports that its secondary market transactions fell during the month of July 2021. Last month, Bondora continued to see the “downward trend” of fewer transactions taking place on the Secondary Market, the company confirmed while noting that a total of €162,695… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian peer-to-peer lender Robo.cash has shared its performance update for its loan originations made during H1 2021. The Robo.cash team writes in a blog post that as the first half of this year has now passed, they’re pleased to share with you their most recent… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based Blend Network, a peer-to-peer lending platform, notes that it’s “no secret” that the country suffers from a “structural under-supply” of housing. Blend Network writes in a blog post that the UK government has said it’s committed to providing 300,000 homes every… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s easyMoney, the investment platform from Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s easy family of brands that claims that it has “never lost a penny on its loans,” notes that investment in individual savings accounts or ISAs “continues to grow despite low interest rates.” The company questions whether… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based Sourced Capital, the home of property-backed peer to peer investing, notes that when you’re deciding to invest into property, selecting the appropriate location is a good place to begin, and the type of property investment strategy that Sourced Capital’s Borrowers choose… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 11:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the end of 2018, LF TECH had launched on Mintos to provide short-term consumer loans issued in Kazakhstan. After the initial launch, the firm paused activities so it could adopt its new strategy and restructure the company for increased scalability opportunities. LF TECH has… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forus Capital, a Saudi Arabia-headquartered Islamic P2P lending marketplace, has secured funding via a Series A round (for an undisclosed amount). As noted by its management: “Forus Capital [is an] Islamic debt marketplace that enables investors to invest in a marketplace of alternative loans targeted… Read More

July 31, 2021 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Latvia-based P2P lending platform Sun Finance has exceeded the €1 billion (appr £851.7 million) milestone in the total loans provided. The company reveals that it’s on track to end 2021 with €200 million in earnings. Established in January 2017, the Sun Finance platform has managed… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based P2P lender Blend Network notes that the Covid-19 pandemic may be subsiding, however, the “new normal” may not look the same as 2019. As noted by Blend Network, market participants are increasingly concerned about inflation, especially during recent months. The P2P… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Assetz Capital, a marketplace lending platform originating secured loans, notes that after the end of the previous COVID-19 loan schemes, the UK Government launched the new Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). Assetz Capital was accredited to lend via the RLS scheme on July… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IuteCredit, a European personal finance firm, has shared its unaudited results for the first 6 months of 2021. As noted by the Mintos team, luteCredit has reported its operational, strategic, and financial highlights of its business, as well as comments from its Chief Executive. Operational… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Assetz Capital, a marketplace lending platform originating secured loans, says it’s no secret that there’s been an “unprecedented construction material shortage this year,” in the United Kingdom and few would have “forecast the near-perfect storm that has swept through the sector.” The… Read More