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…
Click here for the German or Estonian video. If you’ve made a withdrawal to your card and received a failed message, don’t panic. It is possible that the card expired. So, in order to protect your transaction, the withdrawal will be automatically redirected to your bank account by the system if your bank account is…
With a regional economy in disarray, the European Central Bank (ECB) has taken measures to jumpstart commerce in the region. The ECB announced it will purchase €20 billion per month of net assets for the foreseeable future. This quantitative easing will also include a cost of its main deposit rate to a record low of…
Origination data in August was for the most part similar to that of data from July. Total originations were down slightly, but still well above the €10,000,000 threshold. Spanish loans decreased, but still remained at high levels compared to previous months, and Finnish and Estonian originations maintained their trends. Country Breakdown Total originations were down…
P2P Bitcoin trading has existed since the cryptocurrency came into existence over a decade ago. However, thanks to Bitcoin exchange Hodl Hodl, it just became even easier to make P2P Bitcoin trades in China. The company previously ran into roadblocks while it was using Google’s reCAPTCHA service which helped to detect bots, but was also…
The relationship between Hong Kong and mainland China has always been tenuous to say the least. This tension has come to a head in 2019, with massive protests across Hong Kong causing political and social unrest in the country. The situation in Hong Kong is complex, but could it also lead to the country’s next…
The Bondora secondary market continued its upswing in activity for the second consecutive month. Total secondary market transactions came to €830,605 in August, an increase of 10.6% on the month. Bondora users were much more apt in August to transact manually, with manual transactions up a staggering 54.8% to €389,733. Meanwhile, both API and Portfolio…
Click here for the German or Estonian video. Among other benefits, the Portfolio Pro gives you the option to set the loan duration, loan rating and loan country. So, if you have activated your Portfolio Pro but is hardly investing or is too slow, it could be because the criteria you have set. The Portfolio…
August wasn’t good to the cryptocurrency market. Industry leaders such as Bitcoin, Ether, and Ripple all saw their prices fall substantially on the month. In fact, 87 of the top 100 cryptocurrencies saw their price decline over the month. It’s anyone’s guess as to where prices will go from here: “There are a lot of…
Everyone wants to be a millionaire. Having such a status means that you have financial security that is reserved for a small percentage of the world. But being a millionaire isn’t just about being wealthy, it’s about securing a financial future that is unshakable no matter what the future holds. Even if you don’t have…
Europe’s fears of a German recession may not be unfounded. The country’s GDP shrank by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2019, fueled by a slowdown in Chinese imports and domestic industrial issues. This is in contrast to the 0.2% GDP growth across the Eurozone bloc of nations. It’s possible this news could lead to…