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International P2P Lending Volumes December 2017

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The table lists the loan originations of p2p lending marketplaces for last month. Funding Circle leads ahead of Lendinvest and Zopa. Mintos finished a remarkable month fueled by the cashback promotion. The total volume for the reported marketplaces adds up to 582 million Euro. I track the development of p2p lending volumes for many markets. Since I already have most of the data on file, I can publish statistics on the monthly loan originations for selected p2p lending services.

This month I added PeerBerry, Look&Fin and MyTripleA.

Investors living in national markets with no or limited selection of local p2p lending services can check this list of international investing on p2p lending services. Investors can also explore how to make use of current p2p lending cashback offers available. UK investors can compare IFISA rates.


Table: P2P Lending Volumes in December 2017. Source: own research

Note that volumes have been converted from local currency to Euro for the purpose of comparison. Some figures are estimates/approximations.
*Prosper and Lending Club no longer publish origination data for the most recent month.

Notice to p2p lending services not listed: Continue reading →

Assetz Capital IFISA Launches

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Assetz Capital has launched the IFISA offer allowing UK taxpayers to use the 20,000 GBP tax-free allowance while investing on the p2p lending platform.

New and existing Assetz Capital investors can open an IFISA wrapper on the platform and then invest into any automated Assetz investment account in December. The IFISA is also set to include the popular Manual Loan Investment Account (MLIA) in the New Year.
The IFISA is flexible and offers investments into p2p lons with interest rates ranging from 3.75% to 12%.
 
Stuart Law, CEO at Assetz Capital said: “Our IFISA …[is] great new tax-free investment choice for those that are new to peer-to-peer lending, but we also feel strongly about delivering a product that caters for our thousands of long-standing investors who prefer to choose their own loan investments within the Manual Loan Investment Account. That’s why we were determined to ensure that the MLIA will be allowed in our IFISA shortly after launch. … We will also shortly be releasing a queuing system in case we have excess demand for the IFISA that will allow our existing and faithful investors priority access to the tax free returns.”
Stuart Law gave P2P-Banking an informative interview in November.
The Assetz Capital IFISA offer has been added to the P2P-Banking IFISA comparison table today.

Up to 5% Cashback On Long-Term Investments Offered by Mintos

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Lativan p2p lending marketplace Mintos just launched a cashback campaign running for the remainder of December. Investors investing in new loans with a term of at least 24 months on the primary market will receive a cashback of 2% to 5% depending on term length. The cashback will be credited within 6 days says Mintos.

This is a big bonus that goes on top of the 12 to 14% interest rate that these longer term loans at Mintos typically carry.

Important: To be eligable an investor needs to enroll once for the campaign by clicking on the promotion banner inside the Mintos dashboard.

New investors can even get an additional 1% cashback on all investments made within the first 90 days of registration (credited monthly) by registering via this link,

Most loans on Mintos are in EUR currency, but other currencies are available, too. Only recently Mintos started listing loans in GBP currency too.

See the P2P Banking cashback page for more cashback offers.

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“Investing long-term has many benefits. Loans with a maturity of two years and more on average have higher interest rates. As the maturity of these loans is longer, these higher rates can be locked-in for longer as well, thus avoiding cash drag effect. Also, investing in long-term loans allows for a better diversification, because this way investors can access types of loans and borrowers that have a different profile than the average short-term loan takers. We hope that in combination with our cashback campaign, all of these benefits will help our investors reach their investment goals in a more efficient and rewarding way,” says Martins Sulte, CEO and co-founder of Mintos.

International P2P Lending Volumes November 2017

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The table lists the loan originations of p2p lending marketplaces for last month. Funding Circle leads ahead of Zopa and Ratesetter. The total volume for the reported marketplaces adds up to 573 million Euro. I track the development of p2p lending volumes for many markets. Since I already have most of the data on file, I can publish statistics on the monthly loan originations for selected p2p lending services.

Funding Circle reaches the milestone of 3 billion GBP loans originated since launch.

I removed Comunitae, because of the stop due the fraud case.

Investors living in national markets with no or limited selection of local p2p lending services can check this list of international investing on p2p lending services. Investors can also explore how to make use of current p2p lending cashback offers available. UK investors can compare IFISA rates.

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Table: P2P Lending Volumes in November 2017. Source: own research

Note that volumes have been converted from local currency to Euro for the purpose of comparison. Some figures are estimates/approximations.
*Prosper and Lending Club no longer publish origination data for the most recent month.

Notice to p2p lending services not listed: Continue reading →

Spanish Platform Comunitae Stops Operations Due to Fraud

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Spanish platform Comunitae has stopped operations indefinitely due to fraud. Several SMEs hat placed fraudulent offers on the marketplaces. The management says this was helped by inside fraud and they have expelled a risk analyst and initiated legal action.

Comunitae was founded in 2008. The problem was detected this October. While no figure of the monetary damage was given, management says the default level caused was to high to continue as investor demand dwindled.

The platform might be forced to close. Continue reading →

Finbee Expands into Czech Market

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finbee logoFinBee, a Lithuania based p2p lending platform, has started to expand internationally by launching in the Czech Republic. By 2020, FinBee plans to begin operations in another two European countries.

FinBee will provide personal lending services for residents of the Czech Republic as well as for investors from across the entire European Union. The company expects that during the first year of operation, 50M CZK (1.94M EUR ) will be distributed via the platform.

The Czech Republic’s business environment, as well as the possibility to launch with experienced local teams, were among the main reasons to launch in this Central European state, CEO of FinBee Laimonas Noreika said. Payday loan companies offering loans with high interest rates play a significant role in the Czech consumer lending market. Noreika emphasized that borrowers are looking for opportunities to refinance expensive loans.

“We are launching in the Czech Republic to provide competitive interest rates for Czech borrowers,” he said. “In other words, by borrowing for less and paying lower monthly instalments, customers will be able to repay expensive payday loans. We see a growth potential here.”

According to Noreika, one of the main challenges in the Czech market will be borrower credit risk evaluation. In the Czech Republic, there is no centralized credit rating agency or government-issued database for credit risk evaluation. Therefore, this needs to be manually extracted from several sources.

“Our historical interest rate of 21 percent, and our NPL rate of 4.9 percent are some of the best among European P2P platforms. We are very committed to maintaining these results. Therefore, solvent borrower selection will be our utmost priority in the Czech Republic.”

FinBee provides services to borrowers and investors in Lithuania and the Czech Republic. The company started operating in Lithuania in 2015.


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