The latest in European economics While the UK economy is drastically slowing, it hasn’t yet fallen into recession territory. After a shrinking GDP in the second quarter of 2019, Britain’s economy grew by 0.3% in the third quarter, staving off talk of a recession. The service sector performed well, growing by 0.4% on the quarter,…
The fourth quarter of 2019 started off with a bang for Bondora. With €20,835,710 in originations this month to 7,363 borrowers, Bondora shattered the previous monthly origination record set in September. Country Breakdown Estonian originations were the biggest contributor to the record origination numbers. Total originations in Estonia were up by 58.7% to €8,662,343. Spanish…
Secondary market transactions were up slightly compared to September. There was a total of €765,863 transacted on the Bondora secondary market in October, up 0.8% from the month before. While both API and Portfolio Manager transactions were both down, manual transactions were up by 14.1% to €322,274. Current Loans In total, current loan transactions were down…
It was the second straight historic month for investments on the Bondora platform. Investments in October hit above €20 million, coming in at €20,611,382. Go & Grow investments soared to €15,796,523, up 42.4% on the month. Portfolio Pro investments rose by 7.1% to €3,004,885 in October. Meanwhile, investment via Portfolio Manager actually declined, down by…
The first return numbers for the second quarter of 2019 were released this month, and they were good. Q2 returns helped raise the overall yearly return figures for Bondora from last month, as previous quarters also saw their returns increase concurrently. As always, performance charts by country are broken down by the number of loan…
As the season’s change and the weather cools, Bondora is heating up once again. While August saw a reduction in overall originations, the beginning of autumn brought another record month of originations on the Bondora platform. Country Breakdown In September, originations totaled €16,312,373, up 11.9% from August. Originations in Finland had the biggest increase, up…
After two consecutive months of a growing secondary market, Bondora secondary market transactions slowed in September. A total of €759,599 was transacted on the secondary market in September, 8.5% less than the previous month. Manual transactions had the biggest change, down by 27.5% to €282,417 on the month. Current Loans Bucking the month’s trend, current…
September was a record-breaking month in Bondora’s history. At the time of writing, we now have 80,524 investors who have invested a total of €278M. Wow! After a slight decrease in total investments in August, investments on the Bondora platform reversed course and hit another record high. In total, €16,129,092 was invested in September, up…
Once again, returns on Bondora remained steady for another month, as Estonian returns fared the best out of all loan origination countries. As always, performance charts by country are broken down by number of loan issuances over the given period, with Orange representing <50 loans, Blue 51-200, and White >200. Yearly Performance Returns for 2019…
While total investment on Bondora decreased from their record-highs in July, they still were significantly above figures for previous months. In August, investments came in at a total of €14,511,475, a slight decrease of 5.2% compared to the previous month. API investment continued to rise, hitting €125,696 in August, while Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Pro, and…