Welcome to our monthly stats post for March. This is your dose of insights into our growth and performance. It’s all the numbers, updates, and statistics you want to see in a brief but informative read. Grab your coffee, and let’s dive into Bondora Group’s March news and statistics. New Investors In March, 2,077 people…
Today, we introduce you to Pille Lamp, our 40th Bondorian in the Spotlight. She speaks 8 languages, loves cats and nature, and will conquer linguistic bugs wherever she goes. Read on to learn more about the intricacies of her daily tasks, what she loves most about working in marketing, and how she’s embraced being our…
Welcome to our 2024 Q&A with Pärtel Tomberg, the CEO and Co-founder of Bondora. Thank you for your interest and for sending in all your questions. Pärtel answered the most-asked ones. In this video, Pärtel talks about our plans to improve the current investor experience, his 5-year vision for Bondora, how we are building trust,…
At Bondora, we understand that you may need to change your bank account details if for example you changed banks or you changed your location. So, all you need to do is make a small regular bank transfer of any amount of your choice from your new bank account to your Bondora account. When making…
Welcome to January’s Secondary Market statistics blog post. Recently, we talked about the most common methods used to purchase current, overdue and defaulted loans and whether these transactions were made at a premium, discount or par value. Below, we are going to do the same based on the statistics received in January. Total Volume In…
Transferring money has never been easier. Today, there are so many ways to transfer money out and in to your bank account that the problem now lies with choosing the best option, not just going via your bank (as it used to be). The speed, fees and rate of exchange are the three main things…
Recently an investor wrote to our support team and asked a great question:“Hey, how can I earn 10% or more interest every year with no risk?” Ha. We would love to say earning 10% each year with absolutely no risk is possible, but the truth is that with any investment you should always be aware…
Welcome to the fourth post in our monthly overview of the recovery stages. Here, we’ll show you exactly how many loans are in each stage of the recovery process and we will compare how it has changed from month to month. While we have tried to assign all loans to a specific stage as of…
Generally, anyone over the age of 18 living in the European Union, Switzerland or Norway can invest on our platform without any restrictions. But if you reside outside the EU, you can still invest if you are what we call an „Accredited Investor“ – that is, if you have a certain net-worth and you reside…
Welcome to our monthly blog post discussing the cash recovered in each stage of the collection process. We have tried to assign all recovery payments to a specific stage that was set closest to the payment date. While this approach is not always correct in the case where recovery stages are not promptly updated, it…
As part of our popular investor stories series, we interviewed Andrea this month. Check out his super story below. * * * Hello everybody, I am a former engineer who, after 20 years in the corporate field, has decided to leave my job and to devote myself to what I really like, teaching. Now I…
Welcome to our monthly blog post on the performance of recoveries. Below, we take a look at the percentage of principal and interest retrieved between 2014 – 2017. Why is 2017 showing the lowest recovery rate? On first glance, this may appear to show that the success of our recoveries process has slightly decreased since…
For many adults, investing is still a confusing pipedream that is rumored to lead to something called financial freedom. For those working outside of banking and finance, it may seem like those who invest are part of an exclusive elite club that have access to deals that are not available to the masses. While this…