“We Want to Be a Solution for Startups” (Video)
Seedrs representative Ricardo Sequerra, recently presented at the TechChill Baltics and Mini Seedcamp in Latvia. Outside of some updated information regarding the platform statistics, the video gives...
View ArticleLatvian P2P Lender Mintos Expands into Lithuania
The Latvian P2P lending marketplace Mintos announced its both its expansion and new offering of P2P loans, secured by cars as collateral to borrowers in Lithuania, the third country Mintos operates...
View ArticleNew P2P Lender TWINO Will Buy Out Loans 60 Days Overdue
Twino, a new peer to peer lending platform based in Latvia, has added a new twist to the direct lending equation. According to the company, Twino will buy out loans if they are more than 60 days...
View ArticleTWINO Guarantees P2P Loans with Buyback Promise
Latvia-based peer to peer lending platform Twino has reaffirmed its push to offer investors a unique buyback guarantee. Twino states it is the only European direct lender to offer such assurance. Part...
View ArticleBrief: Creamfinance Teams Up With Peer-to-Peer Platform Mintos to Offer...
Creamfinance LLC, a European online consumer lending company, has recently reached an agreement with peer-to-peer lending platform Mintos. From now on, investors will be offered an opportunity to...
View ArticleJevgenijs Kazanins Announced as New Twino CEO, Will Lead Latvian P2P...
“I don’t want to offend anyone, but there are only two countries in Europe where peer lending made a dent in the lending landscape: the UK and Estonia. In every other European country the volumes going...
View ArticleViventor Opens for Business. Guarantees All P2P Loans Until December 1st
New peer to peer lending platform Viventor is now open for business. The online lender announced last month its intent to start offering loans secured by mortgages. To incentivize investors Viventor...
View ArticleLatvian Marketplace Lender TWINO Enters Polish, Danish & Georgian Markets
Latvian-based marketplace lender, Twino, which opened in May of this year and had just reached one million euros of investment, announced this month that it is launching an expansion throughout Europe...
View ArticleCapitalia Broadens its AltFi Services for SMEs to include Estonia
Capitalia, represented in NASDAQ Riga stock exchange, is the leading alternative financing provider for small and medium enterprises in Latvia and Lithuania. This January Capitalia obtained necessary...
View ArticleUnique P2P Lending Marketplace Mintos Raises €2 million Seed Funding from...
On Tuesday, Latvia’s peer-to-peer lending marketplace Mintos announced it has closed its seed funding round, which has attracted €2 million from Skillion Ventures, a Riga-based venture capital firm....
View ArticleP2P Lender Mintos & Aforti Finance Form Partnership in Poland
Peer to peer lender Mintos and Polish platform Aforti Finance have formed a cooperative agreement that will help Aforti lend to more small to medium sized businesses in Poland. Mintos currently offers...
View ArticlePeer to Peer Lender TWINO Celebrates One Year Anniversary
Latvia-based Twino is celebrating its one year anniversary. After 12 months of operation, the peer to peer lending platform states it has originated over €22 million in loans. Twino says their rapid...
View ArticleP2P Lender EstateGuru Pushes into Latvia
EstateGuru, a peer to peer lender based in Estonia, has announced an expansion into neighboring Latvia. The announcement comes just as EstateGuru announced earlier this month having topped €10 million...
View ArticleTWINO Hits €300 Million Milestone for Loans Issued
TWINO Group, a European consumer lender, has announced that it has reached a new funding milestone of €300 million in issued loans. TWINO also operates a peer to peer lending platform that has funded...
View ArticleLatvian TWINO Offering European Investors New Opportunity in Russian Consumer...
TWINO Group, a European consumer lender which has been operating since 2009 with its P2P lending platform launching in 2015, provides unsecured consumer loans for private individuals in ten countries,...
View ArticleLatvia’s VIA SMS Group Set to Launch New P2P Lending Platform Viainvest
Latvia-based VIA SMS Group announced this week it is launching Viainvest, a peer-to-peer marketplace for both private and legal entities offering to invest into consumer loans originating from...
View ArticleKPMG Report: Online Lending in Continental Europe Q1 through Q3 2016
KPMG, along with AltFi data, has published a new report on alternative lending in Europe. KPMG also sourced data from the most recent Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance report. The document,...
View Article4Finance Has Topped €4 Billion in Loans: 33% of All Loan Applications are Via...
4finance Group, a lender that claims the title of Europe’s largest online and mobile consumer lending company, has surpassed €4 billion in loans since its f0unding in 2008. 4Finance says the milestone...
View ArticleThe Baltic Fintech Ecosystem: Building Unicorns
Jevgenijs Kazanins of Twino introduces the Baltic tech scene at EXEC Fintech in Berlin Those familiar with the European fintech sector may have wondered for some time about why the Baltic States,...
View ArticleOnline Lender 4finance Prices $325 Million Over-Subscribed Bond Issue
Riga-based 4finance Holding S.A., a large online and mobile consumer lending group, has placed and priced $325 million of senior unsecured 5 year fixed rate notes. These notes mature in 2022 and were...
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