{"id":13371,"date":"2018-05-02T13:55:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T10:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bondora.com\/blog\/?p=13371"},"modified":"2018-05-02T13:55:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T10:55:17","slug":"increased-regulation-in-china-uk-immigration-and-more-news-about-bondora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/blog\/increased-regulation-in-china-uk-immigration-and-more-news-about-bondora\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased regulation in China, UK immigration and more news about Bondora"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geldz<\/a> met Bondora\u2019s Head of Investor Relations, Matt Clannachan, at the popular Invest conference in Stuttgart in April. In the interview they discussed a variety of topics, including the overall P2P marketplace, common questions about Bondora and a sneak peak in to Bondora\u2019s<\/a> latest and most simple investment product.<\/p>\n

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RBC Plus<\/a> discusses the development of Fintech services available in the Baltic region. Specifically, they state \u201cA growing financial center is also Estonia, where financial companies operating at the local, regional and international levels are located. Among the most popular Estonian financial companies, whose activities deserve attention \u2013 Bondora\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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Whatech<\/a> gave a brief summary of the recent \u201cEurope Digital Lending Market Report 2018\u201d published by Orbis Research. In the report, Orbis mentions Bondora as a \u201cMajor Player\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Finanzfluss published a fantastic in-depth article describing everything you need to know about Bondora, useful for beginners and Bondora veterans. They explore both the advantages and disadvantages, how Bondora is different to other P2P platforms and also give you a walkthrough of opening an account. You can check out an even more detailed overview in their recent video here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Johannes Lortz<\/a> posted a detailed review in to Bondora\u2019s latest and most simple investment product, Go & Grow. Currently, this is still only available by invitation only to existing investors with the official release coming soon.<\/p>\n

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News from around the world<\/h2>\n

In the UK, Cash ISA\u2019s are a tax-free form of annual savings (usually paying a disappointingly low interest rate). AltFi<\/a> reports that the number of people using the Cash ISA is decreasing, instead, more a putting their money in Innovative Finance ISA\u2019s which allows people to earn tax free interest even from P2P companies. They discuss: \u201cFigures released from UK Finance show that investment in Cash ISAs in March were just \u00a3322m, representing a 42 per cent decrease compared to a total of \u00a3773m invested in March 2017\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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CrowdfundInsider<\/a> reflects on the recent report by Innovative Finance which addressed the UK Fintech sector and the need for qualified executives in this space. They continue:
\n\u201cThe UK association that represents the Fintech industry states the failure to maintain a flexible immigration policy could hinder the UK and undermine its competitive prominence by delivering a shortfall in skilled workers in a post Brexit market. This could lead to a loss of \u00a3361 million in the UK Fintech sector in the coming years\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Forbes<\/a> published an article where they interviewed representatives of two Chinese P2P platforms and discussed the impact of increased regulation in the country. \u201cAs smaller, less competitive firms are winnowed out, companies that are larger and more transparent have risen to the fore. These include Yirendai and Hexindai, both of which are listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ, respectively, and have taken pains to comply with regulations and to seek out higher quality borrowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Geldz met Bondora\u2019s Head of Investor Relations, Matt Clannachan, at the popular Invest conference in Stuttgart in April. In the interview they discussed a variety of topics, including the overall P2P marketplace, common questions about Bondora and a sneak peak in to Bondora\u2019s latest and most simple investment product. *** RBC Plus discusses the development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-well-being"],"acf":[],"featured_image":null,"categories_names":["Financial Well-being"],"category_name":"Financial Well-being","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}