Tagged: p2p

December 28, 2021 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Croatia-based Robo.cash is reporting that it garnered € 42 million of investments in 2021, exceeding the year prior amounts growing by 227%. Robo.cash is a peer-to-peer platform that operates in the European Union and Switzerland. It also operates in parts of Asia. Robo.cash states that… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a peer-to-peer lending platform for secured loans, says it has provided a £1.3 million loan to Amor Homes Ltd to complete its luxury development in Cheshire. Assetz Capital states that having built four luxurious homes in South Cheshire the developers are now exiting… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The end of the year 2021 has seen a surge in peer-to-peer investment activity, according to an update from Croatian P2P lender Robo.cash. Robo.cash analysts write in a blog post that the past 3 months of the year “tend to increase P2P investors’ activity.” The… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European P2P lender Bondora notes that the end of the year “looks bright” as they celebrate “yet another month of loan origination highs.” Last month, Bondora originated over €20.5M in loans—which is notably “the second-highest amount in Bondora’s history.” The current origination… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

British Business Investments, has committed £7 million to Folk2Folk, a peer-to-peer lender with a unique approach for loan originations. British Business Investments is a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, a UK government-backed entity. According to a note from Folk2Folk, British Business Investments aims… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online investment marketplace that matches borrowers to investors with secured debt securities, has topped 100,000 investors, according to a post by its Chief Operating Officer. Mihkel Stamm, who is a member of the Board as well as COO of EstateGuru, posted: “Today, we… Read More

October 16, 2021 @ 7:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KrediFazz, a subsidiary of FinAccel that operates as a P2P lending Fintech, has been issued a business license from the Financial Services Authority (OJK) via the Decree of the OJK Board of Commissioners Number: KEP-81 /D.05/2021, dated August 24, 2021. KrediFazz, a Fintech firm with… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Linked Finance has appointed Richard Glavin as Commercial Director. Glavin is expected to support the growth of the lending portfolio which has grown to deliver over €166 million in loans to over 2,900 ambitious local businesses in Ireland. Glavin was previously… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Robo.cash has shared that during the month of September the platform surpassed  €300 million in total funded loans. According to the company, September has also recorded another achievement as it topped 19,000 investors. Sergey Sedov, CEO of Robocash Group, issued the following statement: “The platform… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 9:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bondster a Czech based peer to peer lending platform, says it will allow loans for investors to be secured with Bitcoin. Bondster states that just last week the first batch of loans secured by bitcoin were originated on its platform. Bondster claims there was an… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer SME lender Linked Finance says that business optimism is back to pre-pandemic levels even while the Delta/Mu COVID variants capture headlines. Linked Finance, operating in Ireland, reports in its inaugural Linked Finance SME Confidence Index, referencing research conducted by Behaviours & Attitudes, was… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Irish peer-to-peer lender Linked Finance says it is on track for a record year, reporting the strongest monthly lending volume in the platform’s 7-year history, according to a note from the company. Linked Finance says it lent €5.5 million in July, more than 3X July… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Proplend has added commercial property VAT loans, according to a release. Proplend is an FCA-regulated P2P lending platform specializing in sub £5 million commercial real estate debt. To date, Proplend has completed over £130 million of lending and is rated by… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at European P2P lending service provider Bondora notes that while return rates on their platform originations declined in June when compared to figures from May 2021, returns over the most recent few years “were still above their target rates.” The Bondora team has… Read More

July 23, 2021 @ 11:03 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

PKT Pal this week launched a plug-and-play device that is said to monetize internet bandwidth. The PKT Cube gets inserted into a home internet connection and pays participants every minute in their cryptocurrency PKT to maintain connectivity to a fully decentralized, open-source network. PKT Cash… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 11:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Strong growth in the global peer-to-peer (P2P) money transfer market is among the findings included in a new report from Research and Markets. The mobile P2P global money transfer market is expected to grow at a CAGR in excess of 18 per cent between now… Read More

July 9, 2021 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

JustUs, a UK-based peer-to-peer lender, says it has updated its investment platform is ready to expand its services into both Europe and the US. According to a post by JustUS founder and CEO Lee Birkett, crowdfunding will be available in the US later in July:… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

P2P university recruitment platform Unibuddy has raised $20 million in financing in a Series B round led by Highland Europe and also featuring Stride.VC. Since its 2017 debut, Unibuddy has raised $32 million in total. More than 200 universities around the world have signed on… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fagura, an Eastern Europe peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, has quickly secured its initial €200,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round, which recently made its debut, has already attracted nearly 175 Seedrs investors so far. Founded in 2018, Figure states it is a… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 1:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer-to-peer lender Bondster says that lending volume has returned to pre-COVID levels during the month of April, according to a note from the company. Bondster, a Czech Republic-based platform, says P2P loans saw a significant decline in interest during the last year’s outbreak of the… Read More