After successfully launching a new loan market in the Netherlands last year, the Bondora Group has now opened another brand-new loan market in Latvia! We’re happy to announce that customers in Latvia can now access Bondora’s convenient online credit financial services. With every new market the Bondora Group company launches, your investment portfolio becomes more…
After decreasing slightly in September, investments and originations rebounded in October. Both these statistics totaled just over €15M, with a growth rate of 4.8% from the previous month. On the other hand, cash recoveries decreased a little, totaling almost €1.6M in October. Here are more October stats: 602 new investors joined Bondora in October. In…
If you’re a millennial, chances are that family caregiving is something on your mind. Your parents’ health and retirement are beginning to play a part in your life. As we age, so do our older family members, and their well-being often becomes a concern. While caring for aging parents is admirable, it can strain your…
Having really started her serious investor career on Bondora, Aili Mitt is not your average investor. Now she is looking increasingly on other asset classes to spread the risks. How did you get into investing? I have always had a habit of saving up, and at one point I understood the saved money just sits…
We are happy to bring you the latest improvements to our Primary and Secondary Market requested by our investors. PRIMARY MARKET On our Primary Market investors can hand-pick loans and make manual investments. It consists of loan applications that are available for investors to invest in during the auction. A successful auction results in the…
In September 2015 EY did an interesting survey about Financial technology adoption. UK was the only European country surveyed but we believe that majority of the results are universal to Europe and many other parts of the world. EY surveyed more than 10,000 digitally active people in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom…
KEY TAKEAWAYS All the countries where we currently perform lending activities (Spain, Finland, Estonia) are now profitable All our country-grade segments (other than 3) have produced returns in line or above the expected return Net yields on Bondora are highest in the marketplace lending industry 98% of the portfolio above target return and returns in…
It’s been another action-packed year here at Bondora. We want to thank everyone for being part and making our community of 12,242 investors and 243,062 borrowers. We had quite a few memorable moments this year and here is a selection we wanted to highlight for you. Happy holidays and enjoy the highlights! In 2015: We…
The peer-to-peer lending market is looking for another massive growth from 2016, but before holiday season kicks in, we here at Bondora have decided to dig deeper to see what will be the underlying trends shaping the surging industry in the new year. Institutional money We have started to see first signs of institutional investments coming…
In October we launched our new dashboard and Portfolio Manager. Since then we have polished the interface according to your feedback and we are happy to reveal two improvements. Upgraded design of the Portfolio Manager We have replaced the slider with three separate sections of the risk-return choices. The design is much more convenient now…
In May this year, we received a peer-to-peer lending interim license from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This means that Bondora has adopted the gold standard for Europe that is designed by authorities who are keen to promote and support alternative finance through clear and fair systems. The FCA implemented their regulations in 2014…
Dear Readers. We are happy to launch our new investor talk series here on the blog, where you can read about the experience and investment philosophies of Bondora investors. First up is an Estonian Jaak Roosaare. What are you up to today? I consider myself mainly an investor and a financial author/blogger. I also help to…
This year Bondora was honored with the Runner up award in Alternative Finance Platform of the Year (EU) 2015. “This award is proof of the hard work our team has been doing over the past years in building up a loan origination, credit scoring and servicing process that works across borders. We are also proud…