Tagged: investment portfolio

February 17, 2022 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora reveals that 2022 is off to a solid start, as the annual return rate for 2021 outperforms the target rate by 5.5%. The quarterly performance has also improved from December 2021, with all four quarters of 2021 “performing above their target rates.”… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 1:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European lender Bondora notes that they have kicked off the new year with many investors joining their platform. Originations and investments fell a bit, as they did during the month of December, but managed to maintain solid numbers when compared to January… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech startup Lightyear announced the launch of Lightyear Profiles, which is a way for investors to share “high-level” details regarding their investment portfolio with friends. It creates individual and personalized web pages for every user highlighting their portfolio holdings, recent activities, and which stocks are… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robo.cash notes that they’re off to quite a confident start to the new year. Robo.cash writes in a blog post that they’ve said goodbye to January and have summed up the solid monthly results. In January 2022, loans valued at 17M Euro… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Upside, which is focused on empowering a new type of retail investor, “one who is connected, informed, confident and intentional,” has secured 76% (£1,530,827) of its £2,000,004 target via Seedrs from 97 investors with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. Located in London,… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Fintech Bunq has reportedly become one of Europe’s first neobanking platforms to offer its clients a straightforward and sustainable way to invest their funds. The Dutch firm was recently valued at €1.6 billion and has now introduced ‘Easy Investments’ as part of the most… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM) notes that cryptocurrencies have been an exciting yet “controversial” center of discussion heading into 2022. Virtual currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 8,000+ others have “maneuvered their way into everything from traditional Wall Street boardrooms, to innovation hubs in Silicon… Read More

January 30, 2022 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora notes that Go & Grow is their investors’ favorite or most preferred way to invest in their wealth. Bondora writes in a blog post that they have more than 158,000 “satisfied” Go & Grow investors. And there’s a solid reason why it’s… Read More

January 30, 2022 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Robo.cash reveals that around 34% of P2P investors have expanded their investment portfolios to generate passive income. As noted by Croatian lender Robo.cash, passive income remains the number-one goal among European peer-to-peer investors. By giving preference to shares, they diversify their investments… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2017, the team at CoinTracker began “tinkering” with cryptocurrency. CoinTracker writes in a blog post that they set up accounts on several different exchanges and started using a bunch of digital wallets. The company points out that while exchanges and virtual wallets have made… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EarlyBird, the platform that aims to make it simpler for parents, family members, and friends to collectively invest in a kid’s future, has announced today the introduction of EarlyBird Crypto. Along with more traditional assets, parents may now choose to add Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum… Read More

January 17, 2022 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Valentin Mihov, Co-founder, and Chief Investment Officer at Finexify, a boutique investment company that offers an opportunity to gain exposure to the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. The team at Finexify thinks that limited access to DeFi means “extraordinary” alpha with limited… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 8:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at EstateGuru, an online investment marketplace that matches borrowers to investors with secured debt securities, notes that Investment Strategies is the next “evolution” of Auto Invest, which it replaces. EstateGuru wrote in an update that they’ve now “removed the €250 minimum limit for… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 3:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s online pension provider PensionBee notes that their clients take the lead on their product development. During the past few years, many clients have become “increasingly vocal about their desire to address some of the world’s biggest problems, such as climate change, through their investments,”… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 5:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lending has become an increasingly popular strategy among online investors. Platforms like Prosper have brought the P2P lending model “into the spotlight,” according to an update from YieldStreet, a multi-asset alternative investment platform that’s focused on reducing friction and offering “previously unattainable” access to alternatives… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Go for gold investments, the team at Paytm (NSE: PAYTM) recommends. Paytm writes in a blog post that gold is a “sought-after asset, the world over.” The Fintech firm gives the example of an Olympian seeking out that “glistening gold medal.” Paytm adds that this… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Robo.cash team has published an update that covers (what they claim to be) high-yield investments in the United Kingdom. Robo.cash aims to introduce people to different “safe, high yield investments, what they offer and how to go about them.” As mentioned in the update,… Read More

November 21, 2021 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GOODFOLIO, a Fintech offering a personalized and “effortless” way to invest in various firms and industries that share your “ethical” values, has secured 152% (£152,156) of its fundraising target of £100,004 via Seedrs (at the time of writing) with 24 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding… Read More

November 21, 2021 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As with any investment, it’s vital to know the different risks involved in peer-to-peer lending before you put up your cash. Equally important is how platforms evaluate, manage, and “present those risks,” according to a blog post published by EstateGuru. As noted by EstateGuru, P2P… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV) announces that it is teaming up with SIMON Markets LLC in order to provide  access to, and the management of structured investments that can offer income and protection strategies for customer portfolios. As mentioned in the announcement, Envestnet’s integration plan should… Read More