{"id":9781,"date":"2017-12-12T18:16:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bondora.com\/blog\/?p=9781"},"modified":"2017-12-12T18:16:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:16:58","slug":"monthly-industry-news-from-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/blog\/monthly-industry-news-from-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallinn startups, 5 years of investing with Bondora and interview with our CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bondora in the news<\/h2>\n

Silicon Republic<\/a> wrote a great piece on the 12 terrific Tallinn start-ups to watch in 2018. They say \u2018In many ways, Tallinn is one of Europe\u2019s foremost digital cities and a natural home for tech entrepreneurs with flare and ambition\u2019.<\/p>\n

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P2P-Banking.com<\/a> covered their experience with Bondora after 5 years of investing, including the current distribution of investments by country loan rating and some stats on performance.<\/p>\n

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Crowdfunding<\/a> interviewed Bondora\u2019s CEO & Founder P\u00e4rtel Tomberg, covering how peer to peer lending works and why it is especially appealing to the Italian market.<\/p>\n

November 2017 industry news recap<\/h2>\n

The Telegraph<\/a> published a heavily UK-focused article on peer to peer lending, quoting the status of Zopa & Ratesetter.<\/p>\n

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The Financial Times<\/a> discussed the launch of the new peer-to-peer ISA in the UK, which is a type of tax free savings account approved by the government. This will allow UK customers to invest a certain amount of savings per annum through innovative p2p platforms.<\/p>\n

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Business Insider<\/a> reported a 43% year-over-year growth in the UK\u2019s alternative finance market, changing from \u00a33.2B in 2016 to \u00a34.58B in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Forbes<\/a> reported that Nordea, one of the largest banks in Scandinavia, is setting up its own Fintech Startup Fund. Nordea\u2019s Chief Digital Office states \u201cWe\u2019re recognizing that we don\u2019t have the monopoly on good ideas, and sometimes others do\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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