October 12, 2022,

New Market Launch, Spanish Originations Exceed €1M, and More!

Bondora Go & Grow

Editorial team

September was an exciting month for us. We launched a new market, and Spanish originations exceeded €1M for the first time since March 2020. Originations and investments declined somewhat, but Secondary Market activity increased, and collection & recovery figures remained strong, exceeding €1 million. Read more:

*New Market Launch, Spanish Originations Exceed €1M, and More!*

In September, 2,021 new investors joined Bondora—the highest number of new joiners since May! Our total investment has increased to over €668M, and investors have earned more than €82M in returns.

Regarding loan originations, the overall number might have declined by 12.8% to €12,562,218, but we had an inspiring month for our loan markets. First, we launched the Netherlands market in September and have already originated over € 200,000 worth of loans! And, as if that weren’t enough good news, Spain originated over €1M worth of loans in September, the highest amount since relaunching the Spanish market. This month, Finland had the largest decline (-21.8%) but still garnered the largest amount of originations (€6,477,798). Estonia had the 2^nd largest decline, dropping by 14.9% to €4,809,113. The average interest rate increased from 22.3% to 22.8%.

After 3 months of consecutive decline, we saw an increase in Secondary Market activity. Transactions increased by 13.9% to €101,007’s worth transactions. All the categories increased, except the API. It declined by a minuscule 0.1% and accounted for €29,765’s worth of transactions, the 2^nd most significant share. Manual transactions still have the largest share of transactions (65.0%) and increased by 21.8%. Portfolio Manager transactions declined by 12.2% and accounted for €5,547’s worth of transactions.

It was a strong month for collection and recovery statistics, as the number of loans and the amount of cash recovered increased. The number of recovered loans increased by 2.2% to 83,308. In contrast to last month, total cash recovered increased by 6.5% to €1,117,708. We are happy to see it continues to exceed €1 million. In September, the majority of the cash was recovered from Estonia (47.6% share). Finland follows with a 45.8% total share, and Spain with 6.6%. The current 2014-2022 recovery rate remains solid at 49.8%, increasing by 0.2%.

September marks the 2^nd month of consecutive declines in investment products’ funding statistics. Overall, there was an investment decline of 14.8%. Investors added €12,252,773 to their Bondora accounts. Once again, Go & Grow’s figures had the most significant effect, as it is the most used investment product, making up 96.9% of all investments. It received €11,876,545 in investments, despite dropping by 14.8% from August. Portfolio Manager received €219,578 and Portfolio Pro €155,355.

Investment product funding figures:

Go & Grow – 14.8%

Portfolio Manager – 1.8%

Portfolio Pro – 1.3%

API – 20.1%

In summary:

Although there were some declines in originations and investments, we saw positive increases in Secondary Market activity, and recovery statistics, with over €1M recovered in September alone. We launched the Netherlands loan market and already originated over €200,000 in less than a month. Spain also celebrated its first month of over €1M originated since its relaunch, which excites us even more for the future.

If you enjoy these breakdowns, follow our blog for in-depth analyses of the Bondora market or visit our general statistics page for daily updates.

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To support this, we regularly publish financial updates, audited annual reports, and disclosures, reinforcing our commitment to transparency and investor trust.

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Additionally, Bondora AS, a member of the Bondora Group, operates as a Licensed Credit Provider under the supervision of the Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority. In Finland, we operate through a licensed branch regulated by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority. We also hold an operating license in Latvia, supervised by Latvijas Banka, and have recently received regulatory approvals to operate in both Denmark and Lithuania.
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