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Your Guide to Financial Success through Each Life Stage

Financial Well-being

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…

Bondora Monthly Stats March 2024

Bondora News

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…

Can banks survive marketplace lending?

Bondora News

Marketplace lending (or P2P lending) emerged from the rubble of the global financial crisis. Originally, it was a small industry of people seeking finance opportunities outside traditional banks. Today, the industry is enormous. A 2015 estimate valued the marketplace lending world at $26 billion with an expected value of $897 billion by 2025. Initially, many…

Monthly origination summary for March 2017

Stats & Data

Loan originations increased over previous month reaching €3,017,555. Much of this month’s originations comes from Estonia which comprises 75.60% of the total. This proportion exceeds the same measurement for January and February of this year. Most of the originations fell on ratings B, C and D which held a combined share of over 60% of…

Weekly industry news roundup – April 10, 2017

Financial Well-being

Around the world AltiFi Credit posted an article exploring how banks have renewed their perspective on marketplace lending. Based on data from the Economist Intelligence Unit the author suggests that both traditional banks and P2P lenders will rely on one another more in the future. In fact, conventional banks will need to embrace FinTech to…

We are looking for Head of Investor Sales

Bondora News

Want to sell something more than just a product? We’re offering the opportunity to stand at the fore of the most powerful innovation of today: the democratization of finance. Bondora empowers communities by leveraging technology to connect investors and borrowers. Our model makes affordable, fast lending accessible for underbanked regions. Our marketplace investor base is…

Recap of our first investor webinar + video

Bondora News

The first investor seminar was brought to you on March 23, 2017 where our CFO Rein and his colleagues from Investor Relations team, Temmy and Reelika, all discussed various aspects of our company. Here’s a short recap of what we talked about in our first investor webinar: Introduction and overview of Bondora. Insight into our two…

Monthly vintage comparison of cumulative cash on cash returns

Bondora News

Do you ever ask yourself, “How long will it take for my investment to generate a return?” The cumulative cash on cash return monthly comparison chart can give you some insight. This data is another new addition to our revised public statistics page. Simply put, the chart summarizes the progress that the investments from specific vintage are…

Weekly industry news roundup – April 3, 2017

Financial Well-being

Around the world AltFi looked at what issues must be addressed before a wider base of investors will embrace the P2P system. The author cites aspects including transparency, scale, regulations, sustainability, liquidity and defaults. With the addition of pension funds and insurance funds the market will grow. *** Crowdfund Insider took a look at the…

Statistics: Expected returns and competitive bid levels

Bondora News

We’re offering investors new data as part of our revised public and personal statistics page. The “Expected Return and Competitive Bid Level” chart creates new insights on our loans. The chart ties together three key metrics: Bid Size Expected Return Loan Rating The chart illustrates the inverse relationship between loan ratings and the annualized expected…