Some P2P loans make no sense. Here’s why
Some loans go beyond being just ‘higher risk’ One noticeable aspect of the Kuetzal and Envestio P2P scams was that some investors were willing to buy almost any loan, as …
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What are the best and worst P2P loans right now? Edition #14
Our pick of the best P2P loans This post is part of a regular series where we highlight what we think are some of the best P2P loans available in …
Mintos have launched new investment strategies. Here’s why you shouldn’t use them
Mintos have launched new auto-investment strategies In 2018 Mintos launched its ‘Invest & Access’ feature which allowed investors to have their investments performed automatically by a Mintos algorithm. It proved …
9 signs that a loan originator can survive COVID-19
Most industries have been badly impacted by COVID-19, and this includes the lending businesses that P2P investors help to fund. Several loan originators have defaulted, some are winding down, and …
Moncera is the hip new P2P site that wants your attention. We talked to their CEO Dmitri Pavlov
Moncera is a new site that offers loans from the Placet Group Over the last few years we have seen the launch of many P2P sites that offer loans from …
What are the best and worst P2P loans right now? Edition #14
Our pick of the best P2P loans This post is part of a regular series where we highlight what we think are some of the best P2P loans available in …
This man is leading the fightback against P2P scammers
Meet the man trying to get investors their money back and send people to jail Guillermo H. is a 30 year old from Spain. He works in IT and lives …
Hedge funds have made big returns funding litigation cases. With AxiaFunder, you can now participate too
AxiaFunder is the most interesting new crowdfunding site we have seen in the last year Sophisticated investors have sophisticated problems. They worry about things like portfolio construction, relative returns, macro …
What are the best and worst P2P loans right now? Edition #13
Our pick of the best P2P loans This post is part of a regular series where we highlight what we think are some of the best P2P loans available in …
COVID crisis – 5 ways it has changed P2P, and 5 big unknowns
We’ve had 2 months of COVID disruption. Here’s what is now clear It has now been around 2 months since most countries started to ‘lockdown’ in response to COVID-19. Since …
Is Creditstar still a solid loan originator? Aaro Sosaar, CEO answers our questions
We are watching how COVID-19 impacts credit performance, liquidity, operations and solvency of P2P loan originators Creditstar is a European loan originator that operates in 8 countries. Their loans are …
How are lenders responding to COVID-19? We discuss with Andrejus Trofimovas, CEO of Aventus Group (a Peerberry LO)
We are watching how COVID-19 impacts credit performance, liquidity, operations and solvency of P2P loan originators COVID-19 has created a lot more uncertainty about the outlook for almost every company …
‘Roasted Peerduck’ talks to us about Grupeer, Covid-19 and much more
@Rpeerduck has now helped to bring down 4 P2P sites through his investigation efforts Roasted Peerduck is an anonymous Twitter account that was launched only in November 2019. We interviewed …
Is Lendermarket a good place to allocate funds right now? We speak to their manager Omayra Roig, and run a stress test
Lendermarket is the funding arm of international finance company Creditstar Lendermarket is a lending marketplace that was been set up by the international finance company Creditstar in 2019 to help fund …
The Mintos CEO said ‘ask me anything’. Here’s what happened next
The Mintos CEO answered some excellent questions from investors On Friday the Minto CEO Martins Sulte hosted a ‘ask me anything’ interactive webinar. If you missed it, a playback of …
Coronavirus – how to build a solid P2P portfolio that minimises risks
How will Coronavirus impact P2P investors? We have just experienced an extremely turbulent week in financial markets. Equities fell 7% one day, 10% another, and then US stocks rallied almost …
What are the best and worst P2P loans right now? Edition #12
Our pick of the best P2P loans This post is part of a regular series where we highlight what we think are some of the best P2P loans available in …
Here’s our P2P Country Risk Ratings
Latest update: 30 September 2020 What is country risk? Why does it matter? Country risk refers to the conditions that exist in a country that could lead to losses for …
What’s been happening since Kuetzal and Envestio vanished?
There have been many new developments in European P2P over the last two weeks. Kuetzal and Envestio investors have joined forces to organise and plan their response since both sites vanished …
Envestio has vanished
What is the situation with Envestio? We have never given Estonian P2P site Envestio any coverage on this site, but we feel that today’s events are important and necessary to …