Tagged: p2p

June 23, 2020 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

After an extensive regulatory journey, Zopa has been awarded a full bank  license as it transitions from a top online lender to a Fintech offering a growing portfolio of financial services. Zopa Bank will sit alongside its existing peer to peer business (Zopa Limited), as part… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer to peer (P2P) business lender ArchOver recently claimed that it has seen a significant increase in demand from retail investors as the platform prepares to begin lending again via its secured loan offering. According to its website, ArchOver has funded over £119 million for… Read More

June 20, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week, the administrators unraveling the collapse of peer to peer lender Lendy, which failed in 2019, announced an unsettling bit of information regarding suspect payments to two former Lendy Directors: Liam Brooke and Tim Gordon. According to a document posted on the Lendy website,… Read More

June 20, 2020 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blend Network, a peer to peer (P2P) property lender, has reportedly repaid £2.282 million to lenders who had made strategic investments in six different loans. These loans included the Charterhouse loan, the Image House loan, and the four Crown House loans. Lenders were able to… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The saga of the collapse of peer to peer lender Envestio keeps getting more interesting as a report published today points a finger at two politically connected individuals who may have been recipients of lost funds. Earlier this week, CI reported on an article in… Read More

June 17, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a secured peer to peer lender operating in the UK, recently launched a securities offer on Seedrs. Assetz Capital claims to be the second-largest peer to peer business lender in the UK. In about a week, Assetz Capital raised its £500,000 minimum target… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report claims that established banks Swedbank and SEB enabled “suspected fraud networks” to operate in the Baltics and mentions bankrupt peer to peer lending platform Envestio by name. Envestio, and similar platform Kuetzal, recently filed for bankruptcy in Estonia. Earlier this year, both… Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based banking group and lender Metro Bank is reportedly in advanced talks to purchase p2p lending platform Ratesetter. According to Sky News, the duo has entered into exclusive discussions about the acquisition. Founded in 2010, RateSetter states it offers a “simple and accessible way” to… Read More

June 10, 2020 @ 8:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lenders, Envestio and Kuetzal, have both filed for bankruptcy according to publicly available information. Last January, Crowdfund Insider reported that Envestio and Keutzal were both under duress with some observers calling the online lenders scams. Soon both peer to peer lenders had… Read More

June 8, 2020 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The steady rise and adoption in Sharia Fintech has transformed Indonesia’s trillion dollar economy, as the nation’s Muslim residents seek financial services that follow Islamic law and guidelines. Indonesia is notably Southeast Asia’s largest emerging market. It has turned into a hub for new companies… Read More

June 8, 2020 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a peer to peer lender supporting local and rural businesses, is reporting £17.3 million in loans to SMEs during March, April and May – the midst of the COVID-19 induced lockdown. Folk2Folk states that during this period the total value of loans has increased… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TomoChain, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange platform, is reportedly set to launch a new peer-to-peer lending feature this weekend through its newly launched TomoDEX platform. Founded in 2017, TomoChain claims to be the “most effective” platform for the token economy. The platform reported that its mission… Read More

June 3, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital announced on Wednesday it is returning to the Seedrs equity crowdfunding platform for the fourth time to raise a minimum of £500,000. As previously reported, Assetz Capital is described as a provider of alternative funding sources to SMEs and Property… Read More

May 29, 2020 @ 5:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

  A couple of months ago Grupeer, a peer to peer lender ostensibly based in Latvia, shut-down all lending and allegedly halted all investor redemptions. In multiple statements, Grupeer management claimed the COVID-19 pandemic had harmed its ability to operate. At the end of March,… Read More

May 22, 2020 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Æternity, a public, open-source blockchain protocol that enables a platform for next-generation decentralized applications and high scalability, announced on Thursday the launch of Superhero, a peer-to-peer social sharing project for tips, patronage, and sponsoring. The platform was notably development on the Æternity blockchain. According to… Read More

May 21, 2020 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Folk2Folk, a peer to peer lender that provides access to credit in local communities, says it paid out over £11.3 million in gross interest payments to investors during the financial year 2019. The company says 2019 was its biggest pay-out to date. The average fixed… Read More

May 18, 2020 @ 1:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

KoinWorks, an Indonesia-based P2P lender, has reportedly secured $10 million in additional funding from UK lending platform Lendable. Founded in 2015, KoinWorks claims to be the leading P2P Fintech Lending in Indonesia and the first Indonesian P2P Lending company to be registered, as well as… Read More

May 6, 2020 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

  Peer to peer lender Twino has announced a new social investment instrument engendered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Riga based Fintech said the first social project will be in collaboration with Latvia’s Children’s Clinical University Hospital (CCUH), to facilitate convenient and safe remote consultations for… Read More

May 5, 2020 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an online marketplace for loans secured by property, has quickly topped its minimum crowdfunding hurdle on Seedrs. EstateGuru set a minimum raise of €350,000 but as of today, the Fintech has raised over €483,000 from 548 individual investors. EstateGuru is hoping to raise €2… Read More

May 5, 2020 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

  Mintos, a top marketplace for debt investors in Europe, has recently conducted research amongst their audience seeking to gain insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Mintos, the majority of crowdlending investors (65%) remain optimistic even in light of the ongoing… Read More