Tagged: loans

June 16, 2025 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the evolving landscape of personal finance, EstateGuru, a European real estate crowdfunding platform, continues to innovate with its latest offering, EG Grow. These developments underscore EstateGuru’s commitment to democratizing real estate investment and providing secure, accessible opportunities for wealth-building. By launching EG Grow and… Read More

June 2, 2025 @ 1:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Latvian real estate market is experiencing a resurgence, driven by falling interest rates, a dynamic new-build sector, and competitive pricing, according to insights from Estateguru, a European investment and financing platform for relatively small loans. Coupled with the platform’s April 2025 results showcasing a… Read More

May 25, 2025 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stratyfy, a company specializing in credit decisioning, and Parlay Finance, a loan intelligence system, announced a partnership aimed at transforming how financial institutions lend small businesses the capital they need to thrive. The collab unites AI-powered technologies to deliver a frictionless intake and underwriting experience… Read More

May 23, 2025 @ 8:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SME Capital Ventures is a platform that manages a series of discretionary real estate credit funds providing senior secured real estate loans collateralized by high quality real estate properties located in premier micro markets. As of 2025, SME Capital Ventures has “structured, funded, participated and… Read More

May 20, 2025 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian, the money platform, has revealed the transformative impact ReFi powered loans are having on UK consumers. As of May 2025, ReFi technology has “enabled the lending of over £70 million in debt consolidation loans.” Since becoming part of the Experian credit comparison marketplace in… Read More

May 7, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has surpassed $1bn of lending in the US since it began lending there in July 2023, marking another major milestone in its US expansion. With a focus on supporting lower mid-market businesses with revenues between $1m and… Read More

May 3, 2025 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry is reporting more than €3 billion in total funded loans and over 100 000 in total users. In April, PeerBerry reached a significant milestone of €3 billion in total funded loans via their online investment platform. The total number of platform users has now… Read More

April 2, 2025 @ 6:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Wealth Fund (NWF) has announced a financial guarantee of up to £400 million to cover a series of new loans provided by NatWest Group to registered providers for the retrofit of social housing stock in the UK. The lending aims to help registered… Read More

February 7, 2025 @ 6:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Katherine Adkins, Chief Legal Officer at BNPL Fintech firm Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) noted that consumer spending is like the engine that drives the American economy, accounting for about 70% of US GDP by most estimates. Katherine Adkins of Affirm also mentioned that if spending is… Read More

January 25, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI), the investment firm of the Liberty Mutual Group of Insurance Companies (LMIG), announced the upsize of their forward flow loan purchase program. Over the… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Bondora noted recently that the year 2024 ended with growth. According to a blog post by Bondora, December marked another month of sustainable increases, with loans issued by Bondora AS, part of the Bondora Group, increasing by “11.2% month-on-month, reaching a total… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Willow Tree Credit Partners LP, a private credit alternatives firm, announced the closing of Willow Tree CLO II, which is a $502.3 million Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO). Willow Tree’s second CLO, closing within 2 months of its first CLO, signifies Willow Tree’s strong “positioning and… Read More

December 12, 2024 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finbee are reportedly expanding their service geography and launching their first set of services in Poland. Finbee revealed that they are now offering loans for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) for up to PLN 200,000 for “up to three years, without collateral.” Tomas Maciulaitis, CEO… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – recently revealed that it had repaid investors a EUR 435 000 loan (real estate project “Šilo 23”) and paid their investors EUR 41 648 in total interest payments. In other key updates shared recently in a… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance has shared their latest portfolio performance review for the month of September 2024. HeavyFinance notes in its performance review that during September, they reportedly saw a total of €1.33 million invested of which €713K is said to have been allocated across 24 agricultural projects… Read More

October 10, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Estagteguru has shared their latest loan portfolio overview for the month of August 2024. In August of this year, Estateguru revealed in a blog post that they have reportedly witnessed “continued growth” as well as more overall stability in their loan origination… Read More

October 7, 2024 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform PeerBerry has shared its latest update for the month of September 2024. European investing platform PeerBerry notes that investors have reportedly funded €44.96 million worth loans in just the past month, which is actually 2% less than those reported in August. According to… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Business lending provider NovaLend, which is focused on supporting small businesses in Poland, has reportedly joined PeerBerry with an 8% annual return on investing in business loans secured by a buyback guarantee. According to the update shared by European investment platform PeerBerry, the lender’s loan… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner, real estate developer SIB Group, repaid investors a EUR 1 million loan (real estate project “Krokuvos”) and paid our investors EUR 221 135 in interest. PeerBerry has acknowledged those “contributing to the development of projects developed by their partners.” If you are… Read More

September 25, 2024 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuanian national development institution ILTE started investing in agricultural loans on HeavyFinance. It is planned to reach 2 million Eur of investments by the end of the year. Investments in loans are being “made under the Aviete Crowdfunding Loans facility.” ILTE will invest up to… Read More