Throughout each unique life stage, you will experience different challenges and opportunities associated with each part of life. Along this journey, your financial priorities and challenges evolve, shaping your path toward your financial well-being goals. Whether just starting early adulthood or almost retiring, understanding how to navigate the different life stages can help you achieve…
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…
The video can also be watched in Estonian and in German. Click on the links to get to the videos. *** As we are always looking for ways to better your investment experience on our platform, we are happy to introduce our recurring payment feature to you. The feature gives you an edge as you…
The video can also be watched in Estonian and is subtitled in German. Click on the links to get to the videos. Last week we made lots of usability improvements to our Add/Withdraw funds functionality and views. Our „Add funds“ and „Withdraw funds“ features are now better positioned on your Dashboard for easy access and…
In this post we’re providing an overview of which methods of investing are most popular with our users. In previous posts from 2016, the three categories discussed were Portfolio Manager, Manual Investing and API. After October of 2016, however, we discontinued the manual investing feature. We have since added the Portfolio Pro feature which is a…
Over the past few weeks, we got in touch with some of our investors for some appreciated feedback and to learn more about people in our investor community. This week we’re publishing an interview with Bondora Investor Andreas Drimiotis from Greece, who was kind enough to give us a quick overview of his experiences on…
It has been said that the stock market loves good news and can even handle bad news. It’s uncertainty that makes people panic. Most investors take their reading of the stock markets’ blood pressure using the CBOE Volatility Index, or “Fear Index.” The figure represents the broad sentiment of equity investors. When the number is…
Key takeaways The past two quarters have delivered actual returns in excess of the targeted figures by as much a 3.84 percentage points. This significant outperformance helps exceed the targeted figures even as the quarters continue to mature and perhaps drop slightly as new data comes in. We haven’t seen a negative return in Estonia,…
Loans issued in September reached €3,058,844 surpassing the performance of every month in 2017 except January. In fact, September was so strong that originations exceeded the running average for 2017 by €180,131. The growth supports the good news seen in our September 25th post announcing that we successfully funded over €100 million in loans. This…
News from around the world Banking Exchange published a piece asking if marketplace lending nearing maturity. Keith Noreika, acting Comptroller of the Currency in the U.S., stated “Startup funding fades and shareholders begin to demand performance, or at least progress toward profitability.” However, it’s worth noting that Noreika was previously a lawyer working to protect…
KEY TAKEAWAYS Compared to August, the total average recoveries in each country have dipped slightly. However, the total average of all the countries combined is 42% only a nominal drop from the comparable 44% seen last month. We have seen some spots of improvement as recovery efforts come to fruition. Estonia, for example, has seen…
At Bondora we’re proud to announce that we’ve surpassed €100 million in loans funded and we’re just getting started. The milestone is important to us not simply because of the financial aspects. We’re proud that 28,850 investors have placed their trust in our marketplace lending platform. As a result, those loans have generated more than…