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🔴2024 Q&A Video with Bondora CEO

Bondora News

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,…

✨ New and Revamped Monthly Stats

Stats & Data

Welcome to Bondora’s revamped monthly recap! This is your monthly dose of insights into our growth and performance. It’s all the numbers and statistics you want to see in a brief but informative read. Grab your coffee, and let’s dive into Bondora Group’s January and February statistics. New investors First, we want to welcome all…

5 Easy Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

Financial Well-being

As spring approaches, it’s not just our homes that could benefit from a spring clean – our finances could, too! Just as we clear out clutter and dust from our living spaces, tidying up financial habits can lead to a healthier financial future. So, here are 5 easy ways to use your spring renewal mindset…

Why you need marketplace lending to diversify your asset classes

Bondora News

The most important rule for investors is diversification. Spreading your savings across a wide group of holdings mitigates risk. Traditionally, investors commit to the popular blend of 60% stocks and 40% bonds. Many believe this simple approach satisfies the goal of diversification. While such a portfolio contains many different companies the strategy is flawed because…

Upcoming changes and improvements to the Statistics pages

Bondora News

Next week, we will release changes to improve the usability of our public and private statistics pages. The end result will be a more holistic view of the most critical aspects of investor’s holdings. Let’s take a look at what’s new. Pie charts are segmented In both the Public Statistics page and the Private Statistics…

VIDEO: Weekly summary – February 8, 2017

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POSTS FROM PAST WEEK Monthly origination summary for January 2017 January was a strong month for originations. Bondora issued €3,233,045 in new loans as we came within €105,525 of matching our all-time record high. “C” Rated loans comprised the greatest share at 23,57% of the total. Read more about it Weekly industry news roundup –…

Monthly origination summary for January 2017

Stats & Data

January was a strong month for originations. Bondora issued €3,233,045 in new loans as we came within €105,525 of matching our all-time record high. “C” Rated loans comprised the greatest share at 23,57% of the total. “E” and “HR” rated loans represented the next largest category at 16,55% and 17,09% respectively. As the world of…

Weekly industry news roundup – February 6, 2017

Financial Well-being

Around the world Forbes published an article examining recent moves by US-based investment advisor Third Point to capitalize on the world of marketplace lending. Billionaire Dan Loeb remarked, “As the origination and securitization of assets have become more difficult for larger financial institutions, smaller technology‐driven platforms have filled the void.” His firm expects this arena…

Why isn’t the Portfolio Manager investing my funds faster?

Bondora News

Bondora investors often ask why their Portfolio Manager is not investing funds or investing at sufficient speed. The reason is the popularity of the higher rated loans. Naturally, many of our investors are eager to fund borrowers with a less risky credit profile. Resultantly, the AA, A, and B rated loans are exceedingly popular. With…

Changes to Bondora notifications and emails

Bondora News

Since the beginning of this year, we have been sending our investors a new-look daily summary email with concise overview of all the important account related information, performance data and news. The revamped email structure aims to make the account related information more accessible and visible to the investor by bringing it all into one…

VIDEO: Weekly summary – February 1, 2017

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POSTS FROM PAST WEEK Using the account statement report We discussed how investors can generate a date specific transaction history of their Bondora account. The detailed report shows all inflows and outflows to the account. The data enables account holders to audit and measure the impact of their investments, principal payments and interest repayments. Read…

Using the Account Statement Report

Bondora News

The Account Statement Report is useful to those interested in a minute by minute accounting of their holdings. This customizable data is located in the “Reports” page. As with all reports, you can can set the range by entering a start and end date. The system then generates a CSV report. The data includes a…

Weekly industry news roundup – January 30, 2017

Financial Well-being

Around the world Reuters published an article reviewing recent actions from The American Bankers Association (ABA). The group is seeking their own marketplace lending platform in an effort to compete with the growing peer-to-peer industry. In particular, small banks, with fewer resources are struggling to compete with the speed and low costs of alternative lending….