699 in earnings in a fruitful month of June

A fruitful month of June delivered a profit of €699 with three main players: Robocash, Viainvest and Peerberry.

As you can see below, they have outperformed the month of May and are the three platforms my own sister has started investing in, and I’m sure she is delighted. 

In total, there was a return of €434 and a referral bonus of €265, still far from the target of €2,500 per month.

Other platforms that have also performed well and which I need to give a financial boost to are Lendermarket and Esketit.

As usual, the worst performers have been Housers, which has distributed €1 since January, and Mintos, which has returned €0 of the outstanding €710. 

Crowdestor has been half-hearted, as it has advanced some commitments, but has not delivered on the Renewable Energy project, which promised to pay €110K on 29 June.

This month I have invested up to my financial safety cushion (€2,900) between five platforms that offer me absolute confidence. I will give you all the details below.

I am very satisfied with the savings accumulated this year, which after six months stands at 52.94%, as you can see here. 

Here is what the month of June has brought:

Perhaps this doughnut is more visual to understand the distribution of my investments, some of which are in retreat and some of which are clearly on the rise:

As you can see in this graph, June has narrowly outperformed May and should improve on a monthly basis thanks to the contributions made:

And below I show you the most recommendable platforms in green, undesirable in orange and undesirable in red:

Peerberry (+info)

Spectacular month from Peerberry who has brought in €113 in profitability and a €115 welcome bonus via the link I provide below.

My sister, who has invested in this profitable platform that brings so much joy to more than 56,000 investors every month, has also signed up.

In June I added an additional €300 to my portfolio and have seen my return increase from 11.93% to 12.11% p.a. in just one month.

Here are the monthly earnings that Peerberry has been bringing me since November 2018. For more details, click here

This is the main panel, which contains the status summary of this great platform:

And this is the statement for the month of June, showing the € 5539.48 from closed projects that have been reinvested together with the interest generated and € 300 deposited:

In June, the repayment rate for Russian and Ukrainian projects reached 35%, which translates into €17.5m.

And this graph shows the good financial status of the projects funded in Peerberry, with delays of less than 15 days 😉

If you are interested in them, in this banner they add 0.5% of your investment if it exceeds 500€ during the first 30 days:

Viainvest (+info)

They have contributed a return of €18 in June and a further €40 in bonuses.

They continue to publish projects at a good pace, so I have increased my portfolio by another €200:

This month I have changed one of the parameters of autoinvest so that I only invest in short-term projects, as they offer the same return as the credit lines and I have free access to my savings within a maximum of 30 days.

If you want to start earning, this banner gives you €15 just by investing more than €50. What are you waiting for? With only 50€!

Robocash (+info)

Another 215€ of interest that Robocash has brought me in June!!!! And this month I have received another €60 bonus…. Great!

Such is my confidence that I have invested a record €1,900 in June, already over €22K and close to the €25K figure I will reach in August:

I am particularly excited to have surpassed €2K in interest earned in three and a half years and hope to double this figure in 9 months, even more so now that I am investing in two-year projects at 13% (+0.7% for having more than €15K invested):

Robocash Group is looking for new products in India and Indonesia, while in Vietnam, loans issued in 2022 increased by 125%.

78% of the projects funded are from RC Riga Singapore, which, as you can see above, are my favourite.

17 million in funding, have distributed more than half a million euros in profits and have 560 new investors.

Remember to invest for the long term, as the return is higher and the interest payment is monthly.

If you want a sample of how I invest, in April I set out my investment panel, which I have not changed.

Don’t miss the opportunity to join them in this banner, where they add 1% of your investment if it exceeds 500€ during the first month:

Lendermarket (+info)

In June I earned a return of €15 and another €10 in welcome bonuses.

Since the results are so satisfactory, in June I increased my portfolio by a further €300, taking it to over €2000 invested.

I maintain the plan to exceed €5,000 in December, even more so if Crowdestor projects meet their repayment schedule.

This is my panel as of 30 June:

Lendermarket is very easy to use and, as a sample, here you have this monthly statement that shows the main sections:

And for those of you who have asked me how the Lendermarket buy-back guarantee works, here is an example.

This is my most overdue project, which expired on 4 May and which executes the buy-back after 60 days. In other words, on 4 July I will be reimbursed the capital, the interest for the first month of the loan and the interest for late payment for the two months it has been delayed:

In May they added the new originator Credory to their portfolio, but I have not yet had a chance to invest in them.

If you want to benefit from their 1% promotion for investments over 300€, click on the banner:

Bondster (+info)

June has delivered €11 in returns and I have yet to see the improvement that the €150 contributed in May should have brought.

This is because many projects are overdue and do not pay interest until the 60 days are up, as you can see here:

In the meantime, I hold €75.56 delayed for more than 60 days, but this is because it is invested in a Russian originator and economic transactions to the EU are very limited.

Remember to select the parameters from Autoinvest and do not use any of the 3 available strategies. Never use them.

If you want to join this platform, get in this banner an additional 1% from 100€ of investment during the first 90 days:

Esketit (+info)

This month they have contributed €10 in interest and another €10 in a welcome bonus and are the platform with the highest annual return: 14.83%.

In June I added another €200 to my portfolio, which will exceed €1000 in July, as I plan to dedicate the same amount to the portfolio.

Below is my dashboard, where you can see that only €25.80 is overdue for more than 16 days out of the €814.26 invested:

More and more investors are trusting them and 300 new ones are being added every month. As of 30/06 we are 2875.

For those with more than €25K or €50K invested, the “Gold and Platinum categories” award +0.5% and +1% respectively.

In August I wrote a detailed article about this platform created by the founders of Creamfinance who have been in the market for 10 years, which you can read here.

They continue to keep their failed projects at ZERO and have already exceeded €1 million in interest on their €60M+ financed projects.

If you invest on this great platform, here is an additional 1% bonus for amounts over €100 for the first 30 days:

Estateguru (+info)

June has not been profitable because they make quarterly payments, so I will not receive the €16.50 due until July.

In this screenshot, the yield appears to be 0%, but it is actually 11%:

In July 2021 I invested €300 and another €300 in October and have already accumulated €41.25 in returns.

I will have to check their performance soon, as I have invested with them before, but suffered many delays. For now, it is being different.

In June they have been very active and have launched 14 new projects from 9.5% to 12%, reached €594M financed and exceeded 135,000 investors.

They already have offices in Estonia, Germany, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia and the UK. Not bad, is it?

In addition, they have joined the European Investment Fund to participate in the financing of the European entrepreneurial ecosystem.

If you want to join them, in this banner you have a Welcome Bonus that brings an extra 0.5% to your investment for the first 90 days:

Kirsan Invest (+info)

June has given me €4, which will become €6 as soon as the new project pays interest.

This is the new project in which I have invested the accumulated €228, also for 6 months and at 13% per annum:

They currently have two projects in financing at 10% and 11% annual returns at 18 and 12 months, which I show you below:

They continue to close projects with some dynamism and have already financed 25 projects with an average return of 11.91%.

Since June, German has been added to the existing Spanish and English languages.

They have a welcome bonus of €10 from a minimum investment of €200, which you can take advantage of here.

Crowdestor (+info)

This month Crowdestor has contributed €47 in profitability and returned €48 of the principal of two projects.

They currently have two projects at 30% annual returns, but I still do not recommend investing in them.

If, despite this warning, you are still interested in them, you will find many blogs that offer welcome bonuses.

This month they have missed payments on the Renewable Energy project on two dates, but communication is not their strong suit and I don’t know why.

This is my current control panel, in full retirement since August 2020:

Housers (+info)

This week the deeds have been signed for one of the projects – Vara del Rey – which is rented for 1300€ per month thanks to the efforts of one of those affected, at least until we can register the change of administration in the Mercantile Register and then proceed with its sale, hopefully not much below the purchase price.

This month I should be happy because I have once again collected a little more than one euro, which has not happened since January….

To make matters worse, Housers keeps its 10% commission, oblivious to the two and a half year delay of this project:

The Housers nightmare continues to take away the sleep of many thousands of savers who trusted in their management and we still don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel…

In March I published the 150 projects overdue up to that date, some more than 38 months old. I’m sure that by now some more have been added, and that’s 41 months. And those that are missing…

Bulkestate (+info)

I am still waiting for the Amalijas Street project to be returned in September, 18 months behind schedule.

As soon as they pay, I will say goodbye to them for good. At least we have been kept informed.

Crowdestate (+info)

Still no news, apart from the third unsuccessful auction to sell off the Baltic Forest projects.

Crowdestate has filed a legal claim against the project managers.

Another platform that has lost investor confidence due to the accumulation of failed and delayed projects.

Remaining reported or doubtful platforms

We remain confident that justice will take its course and we will recover the failed investments between 2019 and 2020.

Since then, no platform has failed. Fingers crossed…

A few days ago I was asked to testify as a person affected by the Monethera case before the Guardia Civil, but at the end of June I have still not been called.

Investigations against Kuetzal, a company from which a part was recovered, appear to be ongoing in Colombia, Hong Kong, Malta and Russia.

Especially in the latter two countries, the prospects for recovery are very high thanks to the latest agreements reached.

Progress has been made in the proceedings against Envestio in Malta and Estonia, but at a somewhat slower pace….

Best month of May since 2020

Yes, it has been the best month of May since I started publishing my data in 2020. No great joy, but satisfied with the overall performance.

It has contributed €406 in profitability, €183 in welcome bonus and a prize of €100, for a total of €689.

This is €200 less than the previous two months, but I am really satisfied, although still far from the target of €2,500/month.

This month I have had a number of unexpected expenses that have forced me to pay back €297 from Peerberry. The use of these platforms as a wallet account is an advantage in these cases.

On the other hand, I took part in a raffle on Esketit and I won €100. A joy that has come in handy this month!

As usual, after receiving my salary in May, I contributed €200 to Lendermarket, €150 to Bondster and €1800 to Robocash.

This month I would like to highlight Peerberry’s €126 welcome bonus, Robo.cash’s €202 in interest and Bondster’s never before achieved €15.

I also take it as a positive that the amount invested in Crowdestor has been reduced to below €16K.

On the negative side, two projects that we have unlinked from Housers have to go through a process in the Commercial Registry that will delay the sales for some months more…

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Here’s what the month of May has brought. NOTE: I have added the €100 Esketit prize to the Bonus column:

And here is the historical series in which you can see that last month was the best May for three years: 

And below, I show you the most recommendable platforms in green, undesirable in orange and undesirable in red:

Peerberry (+info)

This month Peerberry has contributed €84 in profitability, plus an extraordinary bonus of €126 thanks to your investments via the link below. Thank you very much!! I am sure you will be as happy as I am with this platform.

On 31 May they paid €1.35 million of the war-affected Russian and Ukrainian projects, amounting to 32% of the total €50.22 million.

It has been the platform most affected by the war but also the most active in the search for solutions. My trust in them remains firm.

If you are interested in finding out what’s new, Peerberry publishes every few days and you can follow them here.

This month I needed to pay some extra expenses and I did not hesitate to withdraw €297 from this platform, which I will return to my wallet in June.

Instead of using a bank account with zero profitability, I always make use of some platform to get money in 1-2 days.

You could call it a platform – wallet, very useful and much more profitable!

This is the main panel, which contains the status summary of this great platform:

If you are interested in them, here they add 0.5% of your investment if it exceeds €500 during the first 30 days:

Viainvest (+info)

They have contributed €16 in May and I have to celebrate that they have a lot of projects available to invest in.

At the moment (01/06) they have 2960 projects to fund and last May was the second month with the highest number of projects published, amounting to €8.9M.

And to celebrate, I am going to increase my portfolio for the third time this year with another €200. My panel looks like this:

During the first 10 days of June, any investment made through your autoinvest will be charged 12% instead of the usual 11%.

They have surpassed the 29K registered users barrier with an average amount invested of €3,168 and growing.

If you want to start earning, this banner gives you €15 just by investing more than €50. What are you waiting for? With only 50€!

Robocash (+info)

Another 202€ of interest that Robocash has brought me in May!! Although there was no welcome bonus this month, I am VERY satisfied.

Such is my confidence that I have invested a further €1,800 in May, bringing me to over €20K, already close to the €25K figure I will reach in August.

I will thus achieve “Diamond status”, which gives an additional +1% return on each project:

In May they financed €15.7M, welcomed 523 new users and gave us €542K in interest.

Since they launched in 2017, investors have earned more than €7M in interest.

They have already surpassed 25,000 investors, more than 3,000 in 2022 alone, mostly from France, Germany and Spain.

Here you can review the spectacular audited results for 2021 by FBK Grant Thornton, one of the Big Ten.

Remember to invest for the long term, as the return is higher and the interest payment is monthly.

If you want a sample of how I invest, last month I set out my investment panel, which I have not changed.

Don’t miss the opportunity to join them in this banner, where they add 1% of your investment if it exceeds 500€ during the first month:

Lendermarket (+info)

I love this platform in which I have just added another €200, which means €900 in 2022 and more than €1,700 invested.

With a further €300 to be invested in June, I will exceed €2,000 and maintain the plan to exceed €5,000 in December.

In May they delivered a return of €17 and a further €45 in welcome bonuses. Not bad, is it?

CreditStar Group, to which Lendermarket belongs, has just published its incredible first quarter figures, which you can see in detail here.

In May they added new originator Credory to their portfolio. It specialises in property-covered commercial loans.

This platform continues to impose its good work and is making headway over competitors such as Iuvo or Swaper, both of which have been tried and tested and have been banished from my portfolio.

If you want to benefit from their 2% promotion for investments over 300€ only until 7 June, click on the banner. From then on it will return to the usual 1%:

Bondster (+info)

May has been the most profitable month since I have been working with Bondster: €15. It is also true that I increased my portfolio by €150.

This month they have introduced the risk rating of their suppliers, but it remains to be developed, as only 5 out of 2646 projects apply it.

Remember to select the parameters from Autoinvest and do not use any of the 3 available strategies. Never use them.

It is preferable that you detail these 4 parameters and make the manual investment. Here is an example:

If you want to join this platform, get in this banner an additional 1% from 100€ of investment during the first 90 days:

Esketit (+info)

A further €5 in profitability, adding up to €45 in interest since May 2021 and a further €5 bonus. In addition, I won a raffle of 100€…. great!!!

Below you can review the 2021 financial positions of its Jordanian originator Money For Finance and its parent company Creamfinance.

In June I will spend an additional €200 on this platform, bringing my total investment to over €800.

For those with more than €25K or €50K invested, the “Gold and Platinum categories” award +0.5% and +1% respectively.

Below you can see the huge progression of the last 3 months of this booming platform. Keep an eye on it:

MARCH 2022
APRIL 2022
MAY 2022

They have more than 2,600 registered users with an average of €12,156 invested per person, which shows a high level of trust.

In August I wrote a detailed article about this platform created by the founders of Creamfinance who have been in the market for 10 years, which you can read here.

They continue to keep their failed projects at ZERO and have already distributed €860,000 in interest on their more than €53M in funding.

If you invest on this great platform, here is an additional 1% bonus for amounts over €100 for the first 30 days:

Estateguru (+info)

May has brought €8 of profitability that had been delayed for a few days and did not enter in April. In this screenshot, the yield appears to be 0%, but it is actually 11%:

In July 2021 I invested €300 and another €300 in October and have already accumulated €41.25 in returns.

I will have to check their performance soon, as I have invested with them before, but suffered many delays. For now, it is being different.

In April, 17 new projects were launched, placing them in the TOP10 for financing in EUR currency, with an accumulated €576M and more than 132,000 investors.

This month they have changed the account to which we must deposit money if we wish to invest in their platform.

In this interview with COO Mihkel Stamm, I learned that they intend to finance €5 billion per year from 2025 onwards through institutional investments.

In addition, they have joined the European Investment Fund to participate in the financing of the European entrepreneurial ecosystem.

If you want to join them, in this banner you have a Welcome Bonus that brings an extra 0.5% to your investment for the first 90 days:

Kirsan Invest (+info)

May has given me €4 instead of the usual €6 because the first project ended in April and the new one I joined on 3 May has not yet distributed interest.

This is the new project in which I have invested the accumulated €228, also for 6 months and at 13% per annum:

They currently have two projects in financing at 12% and 13% annual return for 6 months, which I show you below:

They continue to close projects with some dynamism and have already financed 23 projects with an average return of 11.94%.

In May, they participated in the Invest-Stuttgart Exhibition, where they presented the financing for the construction of several solar and cogeneration plants.

They have a welcome bonus of €10 from a minimum investment of €200, which you can take advantage of here.

Crowdestor (+info)

This month they have contributed €55 in profitability and returned €62 of the principal from two projects.

They have published a three-month offer on two of their projects, but I still do not recommend investing in them. If, despite this warning, you are still interested in investing, you will not find any welcome bonuses on this blog.

The good news is that I already have less than €16K invested with them. In August 2020 I accumulated €25K, so I have been able to withdraw €9K in 21 months.

This is my current control panel, in full retreat since then:

Housers (+info)

Hoping to soon leave behind two projects that are no longer under the management of Housers (great!), we have come up against the bureaucracy that the Commercial Registry imposes and that will delay the possible sale of both assets.

The Housers nightmare continues to take away the sleep of many thousands of savers who trusted in their management and we still don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel… But it will come, you will see.

They have still not paid any return since January on my 9 projects and there seems to be no prospect of this changing.

In March I published the 150 projects overdue up to that date, some more than 38 months old. I’m sure that by now some more have been added, and that’s 40 months. And those that are missing…

Bulkestate (+info)

I am still waiting for the Amalijas Street project to be returned in September, 18 months behind schedule.

As soon as they pay, I will say goodbye to them for good. At least we have been kept informed.

Crowdestate (+info)

Still no news, apart from the third unsuccessful auction to sell off the Baltic Forest projects.

Crowdestate has filed a legal claim against the project managers.

Another platform that has lost investor confidence due to the accumulation of failed and delayed projects.

Remaining reported or doubtful platforms

We remain confident that justice will take its course and we will recover the failed investments between 2019 and 2020.

Since then, no platform has failed. Fingers crossed…

A few days ago I was called to testify before the Police as a person affected by the Monethera case.

And it seems that the investigations against Kuetzal (which has already returned a part of it) and Envestio are still ongoing and the legal proceedings are taking shape…

Too good to be true

I was dreaming about the arrival of October, because it was the month of payment of the Albufera project that Housers should have paid, but oh, surprise! We have not been paid! It was too good to be true.

In any case, I do not consider it a bad month, as it is the fifth consecutive month of over €700 per month.

Specifically, it was 761€, as you can see in this graph:

On the other hand, I am happy because I have invested €3,774 collected from an indemnity that will soon start to provide returns.

I have diversified it among six European platforms that I have full confidence in and which already exceed a portfolio of €42,000.

In addition, two platforms have released their profitability box this month: Estateguru and Kirsan Invest.

This is the October income, its profitability and the total invested:

And now for the platforms that I am very happy with in green, somewhat less happy with in orange and undesirable in red:

The BEST and recommended platforms with welcome BONUS

Peerberry (+info)

October has brought in a very welcome €65 and will be even more in November as I have added another €900 to the portfolio.

With this amount, I have deposited €3,100 in the last five months in their portfolio and the confidence they inspire in me is enormous.

They are continuing with their plans to launch a secondary market and also to obtain the EMI (Electronic Money Institution) licence to become a payment provider.

It remains second in terms of volume financed, with more than €56 million, behind only Mintos, with €153 million.

Here they add 0.5% of your investment if it exceeds €500 during the first 30 days:

Viainvest (+info)

Another €25 contributed by Viainvest in October, a month in which I increased my portfolio by €300 to €1465.

Due to its new Broker Licence, as of 5 November, investors will fall under MiFID II regulation.

Thus, ordinary investors can be either retail or professional and Viainvest will be supervised by the Latvian Financial Commission (FCMC).

In this banner you get €15 just for investing more than €50. What are you waiting for? With only 50€!

Robocash (+info)

This platform is going great! In August it gave me a €70 return, in August it was €95 and in October I got another €106!

And of course, I have increased my portfolio by €1,874 in October, thus surpassing the €10,000 mark, which brings me an additional +0.5% return.

It has been an exceptional month, exceeding €15M financed and paying out more than €305K to investors, of which there are now more than 20,000.

Don’t miss the opportunity to join this banner, where they add 1% of your investment if it exceeds 500€ during the first month:

Lendermarket (+info)

This month it returned €16 and I took the opportunity to add another €200 to my portfolio, which offers a 14.28% return.

In December I invested a small amount of €300 and the experience could not have been more satisfactory. One of my best decisions.

This month they have only published a series of updated investor FAQ (in English).

If you want to benefit from their 1% welcome promotion, click on this banner:

Bondster (+info)

Bondster returned €6 in October, a month in which I took the opportunity to increase my portfolio by €200.

I still want to increase my portfolio to €1,000 before the end of the year and I am well on my way.

This month saw the return of Lime South Africa to funding through Bondster and two new providers: TrustGro (Kenya) and NúNú (Iceland).

With almost 14,000 investors, they are on the verge of reaching €90M funded in record October with over €4.7M.

Get an additional 1% from €100 of investment for the first 90 days:

Nibble (+info)

October has contributed €4 with only €300 initial investment totalling €33 in interest since April.

It is next in my sights to expand my portfolio, as they will soon obtain a supervisory licence from the Estonian FSA (Financial Supervision Authority).

I currently get a 14.5% annual return, but if you don’t want to take risks, take advantage of their classic strategy at 9.7% with Buyback and from 10€:

Esketit (+info)

I am delighted with Esketit, which has returned €8, doubling the best result so far and with only €300 invested in May.

I have already had the opportunity to test their Buyback which works without delays and an autoinvest which works autonomously.

October has been a record October and November could see more than €16M financed and €200K paid in interest to the nearly 900 current investors.

In August I wrote a detailed article about this platform, which you can read here.

It is a new but reliable platform, created by the founders of Creamfinance, with 8 successful years in the market.

If you invest on this great platform, here is an additional 1% bonus for amounts over €100 for the first 30 days:

Estateguru (+info)

As I told you before, I invested €300 at the end of July and I invested another €300 in October.

From the first project I have already obtained €8.25 which you can see here and which in quarterly periods will bring an interest of 11.01%.

I already invested in 2018 with them, but they have improved a lot and their projects are now really interesting.

In fact, they have become the fourth largest platform in terms of EUR funding, with an accumulated €454M and close to 100,000 investors.

If you want to join them, in this banner you have a Welcome Bonus that brings an extra 0.5% to your investment for the first 90 days:

Kirsan Invest (+info)

I have started October with the first €3.67 of interest from the three projects I invested in in September:

Interest received: €3.67 // Available: €2.97 // Investments financed: €600

These are the projects in which I have invested €600, at 6 months, 1 year and 18 months respectively, two in Moldova and one in Spain:

They currently have two projects under financing, at 17% and 13% annual return, both in Moldova, a country in full development:

I will give you more details in a month’s time, as they have very interesting projects, a great financial structure with very good backing and very clear ideas.

There is no welcome bonus at the moment.

Platforms with some shadows that I do not recommend investing in

Crowdestor (+info)

In October they have contributed €117 from various interest arrears, but I still have no confidence in this platform.

Four “Elvi Grocery Stores” projects have had €500K in capital repaid, but the number of projects at serious risk of loss continues to grow:

€3.7M in recovery // €15M with delays exceeding 91 days

My projects in recovery add up to 25%: Kabuki Restaurant at Salaris, Consumer Loan Portfolio Acquisition and Fertilizer Export Financing.

On a positive note, it appears that Meža Enerģija investors will be paid €20K per week and expect to sell the project by May 2022.

There continues to be a lack of information from Crowdestor, which is the main reason why I do not recommend this platform with an uncertain future.

Iuvo (+info)

Another month in which they have contributed one measly euro to the portfolio, so I am reintegrating my entire portfolio from this platform.

It has been a test that I started in December and has not achieved the expected result.

This is not to say that it is not advisable for many investors, but it is not for me.

As an example, Kviku offers a return of 9.5% in euros in Iuvo, while Bondster offers them at 12%.

And if I want to get more return in foreign currency, they pass on 4.5% for each currency exchange, which is exaggerated in my opinion.

For those who want to give it a try, they have launched IuvoUP, with returns between 3% – 4%. Here you have more information in English and Spanish.

Maybe we will see each other in the future, but a lot would have to change.

Mintos (+info)

This month I have been refunded €25, but there is still €735 in the process of being refunded.

Of this amount, 98% is accounted for by Varks AM, which Mintos has changed from a projected recovery of 70% to 100%, but over a 5-year period instead of 3 years. Welcome.

They have outlined some new developments now that they are licensed as a European investment firm regulated by the Latvian FCMC (Financial and Capital Market Commission).

These include that investors’ monies will be protected up to a maximum of €20K under the investor compensation scheme.

This scheme does not protect against changes in the price of an investment, default of a borrower, lender or issuer.

The platform is changing for the better, but I need to see how it evolves over the coming months to confirm this.

Mintos remains the leading P2P platform in Europe, with almost €7.5 billion funded and almost half a million registered users.

Avoid these platforms

Housers (+info)

Housers has left me (again) with the desire, because I needed a miracle and I thought that maybe this time it would happen. What has NOT happened?

Well, the Albufera project where I invested €50K in 2018 has not repaid the capital nor the last interest signed at the Shareholders’ Meeting, with a payment date in October 2021.

Lawyer Manuel Merino has court hearings against Housers and developer Construbecker on Tuesday 2 and 4 November, respectively. We will see if justice is done and the indications of fraud by both are proven.

In October they paid two months’ arrears on the Torres de Paterna project, but I fear that we will not see any more interest arrears, unless the court case is successful. I hope I am wrong.

I am not in the mood to wait for what happens in that trial, so I will expand on that in the next publication.

Bulkestate (+info)

They have only launched one project in October and after half a month, they have not yet reached 75% of the necessary funding. Something is going wrong.

The reason for this is the distrust of Bulkestate and its refusal to pay monthly interest except for a few projects.

They have a lot of competition and better conditions, such as Estateguru, Reinvest24 or Evoestate.

On the personal front, they have updated the interest receivable on my project, which will be repaid one year late.

As soon as it does, it will be time to abandon this platform, which has two short-term alternatives: renew itself or die.

Crowdestate (+info)

There have been no changes since the announcement of 30 September by Baltic Forest’s insolvency administrator.

It states that the appraisal of the project has been completed and that the first auction will take place in November, so I will publish news shortly.

I am afraid there will be no repayment until the middle of next year, as there are more creditors than just Crowdestate investors.

In June the EFSA (Estonian Financial Authority) granted Crowdestate the certificate of regulated payment institution, but I see that they keep accumulating failed projects.

Furthermore, I wonder why the delay in the presentation of its annual accounts. Do you know that the last ones submitted are from 2019?

In October they have been very active with 10 projects funded, but there has been little progress on the more than 10.5 million outstanding on 31 overdue projects and almost 4 million on 6 unpaid projects.

Lenndy (+info)

We can talk about red flags or express them in many ways, but the conclusion is clear: they have disappeared.

They have not returned the 783€ of outstanding capital for three months, without answering emails or calls.

Could an investor come to your offices in Vilnius and confirm or deny the closure?

And they will still be able to take offence at the fact that a complaint has been lodged against them.

Some joy in a satisfying August

Yes, this could be the summary: a few joys in a satisfying month of August.

And I can feel satisfied even though I only got €705.

The reason is that a Crowdestor project has been repaid in full and Housers has repaid the Albufera project, among others.

On another note, I have received a financial contribution that will be reflected next month on various platforms. Whenever I can increase my crowdlending portfolio, I don’t miss the opportunity.

And I am patenting an idea that will hopefully be well received and bring me a lot of satisfaction.

Finally, I have started investing in Estateguru, but I will not update the information until September.

I can be happy with the results of the last three months, totalling €2.353:

And now, let’s get to the month’s news, with big news from some of the platforms:

The BEST and recommended platforms with welcome BONUS

Peerberry (+info)

On the verge of getting the crowdfunding licence in Lithuania, Peerberry keeps growing and giving me good news.

This month they have contributed €42 and are keeping the arrears at bay, as you can see here:

Peerberry Situation
Only 0.87% overdue more than 31 days

We have heard that they intend to launch a secondary market and that they also want to obtain the EMI (Electronic Money Institution) licence to become a payment provider.

This month they have also activated push notifications on their mobile app, with new deposits, withdrawals, uninvested amounts and others.

It remains the second largest platform by volume financed, with more than €48 million, behind Mintos with €150 million.

And finally, I reflect here the news that the Aventus Group, of which Peerberry is part, earned €13.15 million in the first half of 2021.

My goal at Peerberry is to reach Silver status (€10K) which offers an additional +0.5% and which I hope to achieve before December 😉

Here they add 0.5% of your investment if it exceeds 500 euros during the first 30 days:

Viainvest (+info)

Another €25 has been brought to me by Viainvest in August and I have taken profit from the additional €350 I added in June.

They have let us know that they have set an 11% interest rate on all their projects from 1 September.

They are also about to obtain their broker’s licence (IBF) and I will continue to grow my portfolio with them to €3,000 by the end of the year.

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Robocash (+info)

70€ earned on Robocash! New this month was the interview I conducted with Dmitry Balakhnin, director of strategic communication.

In it, he unveiled some new features, which you can see here.

This month Robocash has already entered the TOP 10 platforms by funding with a total of €12 million.

We are already 18,000 active investors on the platform and almost 700 new ones joined in July. I am not surprised!

In September I will increase my portfolio by €1,000, bringing me closer to Silver status, which brings an additional 0.5% with €10K invested.

In this banner they add 1% of your investment if it exceeds 500€ during the first month:

Lendermarket (+info)

This month it has returned €4 with only €415 invested and maintains its return above 14%.

August brings some news: Credistar Group, parent company of Lendermarket, has applied for the specialised banking licence.

In addition, it has placed more than €23 million in bonds, coinciding with its 15th birthday.

And in the second quarter, net profit exceeded €2 million.

It is a company to keep an eye on and is ranked 12th in terms of turnover with €11 million.

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Bondster (+info)

Bondster returned €5 in August, I am satisfied and am looking forward to increasing my portfolio to €1,000 before the end of the year.

NordCard has increased its profitability by 1% and Lime South Africa has finished paying last year’s outstanding amount.

As far as we have been able to ascertain, the average number of projects in arrears is less than 0.1% in Bondster:

They have reached 13,000 investors and more than €3.1 million in interest.

Get an additional 1% from €100 of investment for the first 90 days:

Nibble (+info)

I continue to be delighted with this easy-to-use platform which brought me a record €13 in August and about which I wrote a detailed article last month.

In total it has generated €22.82 since mid-April and is the platform with the highest return of 14.5% per annum.

This month I have been invited to take part in an internal survey that promises great things to come.

Nibble is currently in the process of obtaining the AML (Anti-Money Laundering) certificate.

They have also applied for a supervisory licence from the FSA (Financial Supervision Authority) of Estonia.

Remember that their classic strategy offers 9.7% with Buyback, with NO risk and a minimum investment of €10:

Esketit (+info)

It has contributed €3.80 in August and is already bringing me my first joys.

Its Buyback works without delays, it is easy to use and its autoinvest works autonomously so you don’t have to worry about it.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a detailed article about this platform, which you can read here.

It is a new platform, but created by the founders of Creamfinance, with 8 successful years in the market.

Here you get an additional 1% bonus on every investment over €100 you make during the first 30 days:

Platforms with some shadows, not recommended for investment

Crowdestor (+info)

Although this month Crowdestor has only given me 21€, I am satisfied because they have returned the Forestland Investments project in full.

As of today I have a backlog of 11 projects out of 12, of which I have 5 for sale on the secondary market.

It is a pity that the E. Fon Trompowsky Quarter project, which was up to date until August, has not been paid this month:

The payment schedule now has this new design, but the tricky thing is that non-payments are still accumulating.

The M119 project should be completed in September, but I am afraid they will not pay on time because they are already 4 months behind schedule.

They have also embraced Auto Invest, which is now available on the secondary market. I do not recommend using it on Crowdestor.

Here you can see the status of the projects in July and below as of today to draw your own conclusions:

JULY: 438 projects funded; 127 repaid; 113 current; 165 in arrears; 33 in demand
AUGUST: 449 projects funded; 141 repaid; 109 current; 157 in arrears; 42 in demand

Until they reduce their high default risk, I do not recommend investing in this platform.

Iuvo (+info)

This month it has only returned €2 and I still have serious doubts about this platform.

Investments in roubles have not been a great incentive either and, although returns have increased, I see little difference.

In short, I will wait another month to see how it evolves. It is still a platform that I have been testing since December.

The good news is that Easy Credit and Viva Credit are lowering their Buyback from 60 to 30 days, but at a yield between 5-6%, far from my expectations.

In any case, I do not recommend investing in it today.

Don’t even think of investing in these platforms

Housers (+info)

This month Housers has fulfilled some commitments: Albufera III, Juan de la Encina and Pensamiento.

BUT, it has again defaulted on six other projects, one of which has not delivered a single cent since it was funded in March 2018.

One is particularly serious because the developer Construbecker was given a second chance to fulfil its non-payments, so we will have to wait until the complaints made against it are successful.

vara del rey

Several investors affected by the Vara del Rey project have joined forces to recover the administration of the company, but neither Housers nor the administrator seem willing to call an extraordinary meeting.

And the most curious thing is that on their website this project appears “without incident”, although it should have been returned in April 2020.

And since we are delighted with its management, we want to manage it ourselves as investors, despite the additional costs involved.

Many of the 123 “uneventful” projects should have been returned years ago, but they are not considered “overdue”:

Some “uneventful” examples that I personally suffer from:

  • El Raval II (expired in February 2020)
  • Sagasta (expired in January 2019!!!)
  • Pensamiento (expired in January 2020)
  • Juan de la Encina (expired in June 2019)

And to complete the current situation, I leave you with this latest example of their inability to pay back their funded projects:

114 projects closed out of 327 highlight Housers’ management

Bulkestate (+info)

They have not launched any projects in August and seem to have taken the opportunity to rest, as there has been no news from them either.

My project will be returned a year late and, since they have no secondary market, I can only wait.

At least they have published some photos of the evolution of the project, although I see it very late and I don’t know if they will finish it in March 2022.

Mintos (+info)

I have been refunded €32 this month and there is now €773 still to be recovered, mostly from Finko AM.

The good news is that Mintos has been licensed as a regulated European investment firm by the Latvian FCMC (Financial and Capital Market Commission).

In addition, it has new Russian originators Pay P.S. and Capem; Conmigo Vales, GoCredit and Alivio Capital, all from Mexico, as well as Jet Finance and LF Tech, both from Kazakhstan and Watu Credit, now also in Uganda.

Mintos remains the leading P2P platform in Europe, with €150 million funded last month.

I continue to withdraw my portfolio, as the investment in one of the TOP originators at the time left more than €1,000 in the process of recovery, of which I will recover a maximum of 70%, as announced.

Lenndy (+info)

This month they have not made any repayment of the 783€ of outstanding capital and it has taken them three weeks to transfer 4€ from last month.

I must be patient, as the outstanding amount will not be refunded before March 2024.

In May I put my two assets up for sale at a 21% discount, but no one has yet been interested. I am not surprised either.

Crowdestate (+info)

This month there has been no news from Baltic Forest’s insolvency administrator and €350 of accumulated interest remains to be paid.

Something has to change at Crowdestate since the EFSA (Estonian Financial Authority) granted them the certificate of regulated payment institution in June.

In August they have been very active, launching 11 projects and successfully returning 3.

But let’s not forget that they have more than 10 million outstanding on 21 overdue projects and more than 3 million on 5 unpaid projects.

804€ IS NOT ENOUGH. EXPECTED A BETTER JULY

In fact, I obtained €804, which is not enough, because I was expecting a much better month of July. All the more so because I had high hopes for various Housers and Crowdestor projects.

Housers has failed in 7 of the 9 projects invested, while Crowdestor has met half of the expected payouts.

Nevertheless, the €804 of the total €141,934 invested are welcome:

And this is the graph of the profitability obtained since I started the blog in May 2019:

And now, let’s get to the month’s news, with big news from some of the platforms:

The BEST and recommended platforms with welcome BONUS

Peerberry (+info)

This month I have increased my portfolio by €300 and they are still a safe bet. They have contributed €36 with less than €3,000 invested. Does any bank offer this?

But the most important thing is the security it offers. And here is the proof, with less than 5% more than 16 days overdue:

Sólo un 0,63% retrasado más de 31 días;
Only 0.63% delayed more than 31 days

This month has been exceptional for Peerberry: its partner Credit Plus KZ earned more than €300K net after auditing 2020, Peerberry netted €142K, Senmo VN continues to perform well, SIB Group paid out €16,000 in interest after completion of the K32 real estate project, and they have achieved a €142K net profit. new record with €43M funded.

My goal at Peerberry is to reach Silver status (€10K) which offers an additional +0.5% and which I hope to achieve before December 😉

Here they add 0.5% of your investment if it exceeds 500 euros during the first 30 days:

Viainvest (+info)

Another €9 from Viainvest in July, and the additional €350 I added in June is already being felt.

Viainvest has exceeded 24,000 investors and €250M financed

For the time being, I continue to diversify on this platform by loan type, country of origin and amount. Here is a sample:

My medium-term goal for Viainvest is to increase my portfolio to around €3,000 with regular quarterly contributions.

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Robocash (+info)

How good it feels to win €69 on Robocash! This month has brought a few new developments, among which the TOP 10 among European platforms has been approaching.

It is one of the only ones that also operates in non-EU countries such as Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam, among others.

In July I have increased my portfolio by €300 and my confidence in them is absolute.

Having invested over €5,000 I reached the Bronze category (+0.3% additional) and now, as in Peerberry, I am going for €10K (Silver category, which contributes +0.5%).

And I have some great news: the interview I conducted with Dmitry Balakhnin, Director of Communications at Robocash, will be published in August. I’m sure you’ll like it!

In this banner they add 1% of your investment if it exceeds 500€ during the first month:

Lendermarket (+info)

This month it has returned €5 with only €411 invested and maintains its return above 14%.

In July, they have exceeded €130 million in funding and 3,000 active investors.

And given its excellent figures, chairman and founder Aaro Sosaar has brought on board Endrik Eller as CEO and Omayra Roig as Head of Operations.

If you want to benefit from their 1% welcome promotion, click on this banner:

Bondster (+info)

Bondster has responded in July with €3, which is not enough for me, but it is true that a third of my portfolio is in arrears which will be paid in August because they pay them back promptly after 60 days of delay.

Pavel Klema replaced Jana Mückova as CEO in March and has done a great job since then.

The most significant of these has been the launch of the secondary market on 1 July, which makes investment even more attractive.

But he has also surrounded himself with a great team, the latest being the recruitment of a new marketing and sales manager: Richard Kouba.

If the economy allows me to do so, I will close this year with a portfolio of close to €1,000.

Get an additional 1% from €100 of investment for the first 90 days:

Nibble (+info)

I am still delighted with this easy-to-use platform which brought me €4 in July and about which I wrote a detailed article three weeks ago.

In total, it has generated €12.82 since mid-April, making it the platform with the highest return: 14.5% per annum.

Nibble offers micro-credits issued by Joymoney Spain and Joymoney Russia. Moreover, the latter will be 7 years old in August.

Nibble is currently in the process of obtaining the AML (Anti-Money Laundering) certificate.

They have also applied for a supervisory licence from the FSA (Financial Supervision Authority) of Estonia.

Remember that on August 31 ends the promotion in which they offer 11.7% instead of 9.7% in their classic investment strategy, with Buyback, with NO risk and with a minimum investment of 10€.

Esketit (+info)

It has contributed €3.63 in July and is already giving me my first joys. Its Buyback works without delays, it is easy to use and its autoinvest works autonomously so you don’t have to worry about it.

I will write a detailed article in August because it is still an unknown platform that deserves its place in the market.

Even more so if it comes from the founders of Creamfinance, created in 2012 with enormous success.

Here you get an additional 1% bonus on every investment over €100 you make during the first 30 days:

Platforms with some shadows, not recommended for investment

Crowdestor (+info)

This month Crowdestor is in this section as it has contributed €171 and I expect several returns at the beginning of August, but it has been, together with Housers, the “big disappointment”.

In July they launched their big bet called Crowdestor Flex, consisting of a 12% return payable daily and with a maximum contribution of €2,000 per month.

Please note that transferring the amount from the Flex account to the traditional Crowdestor account costs €1.

They have also gone for Auto Invest, although they have hardly advertised it. I do not recommend using this tool on this platform.

Crowdestor is experiencing some difficulties in financing its new projects and, as we all know, in dealing with its growing backlog of projects.

Here you can see that the number of projects with problems is almost double the number of those that are up to date with payments.

438 projects funded; 127 repaid; 113 current; 165 in arrears; 33 in recovery

For the time being and until they reduce their high risk of default, I do not recommend investing in this platform and I withdraw the welcome bonus.

Iuvo (+info)

Although it has returned €4 this month, I still have some doubts about this platform.

I started investing in roubles in their originator Kviku two months ago and have already seen an increase in profitability, but at extra risk, because no project has Buyback.

I must also say that Kviku has significant financial muscle, with the group having been on the market since 2013 without incident.

Euro investments are safer, although their return is low according to my expectations.

But you know the best thing of all? It turns out that the 10 investments in roubles at 19.74% average yield are current, while 2/3 of the 16 investments with Buyback in euro are in arrears:

On the other hand, they apply an undesirable exchange rate (approx. 4% above the market).

In short, I will wait at least another month to see how it evolves. It is still a platform that I have been testing since December.

In any case, I do not recommend investing in it today.

Run away from these platforms. Don’t even think of investing

Housers (+info)

This month Housers has fulfilled 50%: on the one hand it has paid the second commitment of the Albufera III project, but has not paid the first commitment of Torres de Paterna, in addition to 6 other unfulfilled projects. 

And this is the second opportunity offered to the developer Construbecker to fulfil its non-payments, so we will have to wait for the success of the complaints made against it.

On the other hand, active proceedings remain open against Housers, its managers and several property developers for fraud.

The CNMV (National Securities Market Commission) was informed on 13 July of these criminal investigations against them and may act accordingly.

In addition, on 19 July, the collective complaint for the crime of fraud was filed with more than 700 documents provided, which was delayed due to its difficulty before The National High Court and which affects the operations known as “savings” and “investment”.   The judge should rule on its admission for processing. 

On another front, several investors affected by the Vara del Rey project have joined forces to take back the management of the company. A letter has already been sent to the administrator to convene an extraordinary meeting.

On the other hand, they claim to have reached 130,000 registered users in July (some are still unaware of this) and have returned three projects, but there are only 212 to go!

Mintos (+info)

I have been refunded €40 this month and there is now €806 still to be recovered, mostly from Finko AM. 

The good news is that Mintos has recovered 100% of Aforti this month, which was unexpected.

Among other news, Iute Credit has issued an unaudited first half-year report, DelfinGroup has launched new bonds worth €5 million and Mintos has downgraded the status of E-cash and Dziesiatka.

But the most anticipated is that Mintos has announced that it will become an investment platform authorised by the FCMC (Financial Capital Market Commission of Latvia) by the end of August. 

Finally, Mintos has added Fenchurch Legal to its portfolio.

I continue to withdraw my portfolio, as the investment in one of the TOP originators at the time left more than €1,000 in the process of recovery, of which I will recover a maximum of 70%. 

Bulkestate (+info)

It has launched two single projects this month, one of which for a total of €1.6 million that have been funded by fewer than 18 investors. That’s almost €100K per person!

It seems crazy to me, even more so with the delays this platform is suffering, but I am not one to tell anyone where to invest their money. 

My project will be returned a year late and, since they have no secondary market, I can only wait. 

Lenndy (+info)

This month I have been refunded almost €15 of the total €800 of capital still outstanding, which will not be repaid before March 2024. 

In May I put my two assets up for sale at a 21% discount, but no one has yet been interested. 

Crowdestate (+info)

It has reported that Baltic Forest’s insolvency administrator has liquidated €34K worth of various tools and equipment. 

The real estate assets have yet to be assessed to offset the six civil claims against them, with Crowdestate investors being the most harmed. 

The EFSA (Estonian Financial Authority) has granted them the certificate of regulated payment institution and, as a consequence, there have been several changes in their management structure.

In addition, they have financed the first Portuguese project in the Algarve, have had 8 projects repaid, 22 are in arrears (€10.9 million) and €3 million remain unpaid.  

A GOOD MONTH OF JUNE

That’s right, a good month of June. And if the forecast holds true, July will be even better. Much better.

But of course, as always, it is up to Housers and its irregular payment schedule to make it happen.

Below I show how the €844 earned this month has been distributed:

Best platforms

In June Crowdestor provided me with €131 in interest and made two partial repayments from Forestlands Investments, which will be paid in full in July.

I continue to take the opportunity to balance the portfolios, reducing Crowdestor, where I still have €18,600 and increasing in Peerberry and Robocash, above all.

It appears that the legal proceedings on the Fertilizer Export Financing project are continuing and there could be interesting developments in October.

Here is a summary of the status of the projects from their website:

412 funded; 119 repaid; 99 current; 161 overdue; 33 in recovery; Capital lost: 0€

They currently have 7 active projects with an annual return between 22%-34%.

Peerberry has behaved as well as ever and has given me €43 in interest. In June I increased my portfolio by another €1,000 and now have €2,500 invested.

Far from reaching the magic €10K figure that will allow me to earn an additional +0.5% interest, I aim to reach it by December this year.

In June I took the opportunity to invest €350 in two real estate projects for 9 months at 11.5% p.a. and a trial €20 in a “long-term” project for three years at 12% p.a. with monthly payments.

Curious graph: 23% of its investors hold a portfolio between €10K and €25K, followed by 21% of the lucky ones who have more than €100K invested:

In addition, Germany is the country with the most investors (27%), followed by Spain (11%) and the Netherlands (6%). It is clear that it is a platform that builds trust.

In June they changed the look and feel of their website and app, which are now lighter and more intuitive.

They have also presented the good 2020 results of some of their partners: SOS Credit CZ, Credit7 UK, Nado Deneg UK, Gofingo UA, Slon Credit UA, AutoMoney UA, etc.

Here they add 0.5% of your investment if it exceeds €500 during the first 30 days:

I am still delighted with Robocash, which has brought me €96 in interest this month, although July looks even better as several projects are coming to an end.

In June I increased the portfolio by another €700 and I am now close to €6,000 invested. In November I expect to reach €10,000 to qualify for “silver status” which offers an additional +0.5% interest.

Given its consistency and the security it gives me, I invested €500 in a single project for 10 months at 12.3% per annum.

In June they unveiled their new microcredit originator Zaimer and we learned that they are hiring nuclear physicists to optimise their successful algorithms.

They continue to break records with €10.6 million per month funded, +1,000 new investors and €185K paid in interest.

Here they add 1% of your investment if it exceeds €500 in the first month:

Viainvest has paid €35 in June and I have increased my portfolio by €350 to invest it in some long-term projects at 14% interest instead of the usual 12%.

In addition, on 29 June, they announced a new partnership with Atlan Advance Management to manage bridge loans through the financing of mortgage-backed real estate loans in Spain.

This new typology of projects will avoid the occasional lack of offers that they sometimes suffer.

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In June, Lendermarket provided me with €6, where I have 20 projects, 3 of which are behind schedule, although I have already seen that their Buyback is working perfectly.

They have just turned two years old and have announced that their annual accounts will be audited by KPMG. Big time!

They already have 2,600 investors who hold an average portfolio of €5,000 and have accumulated a volume of €106 million in funding.

The promotional campaign for new investors at 2% has ended, but the 1% promotion is still active:

Nibble has returned €3 in June and in July I will reinvest the interest of the last three months, setting in motion a snowball of profitability.

In testing since mid-April, expectations on this platform are high and so far it is performing perfectly.

It has a very simple usability and I like its evaluation system based on three pillars: probability of delay, probability of fraud and degree of loyalty.

Be sure to take a look here for some introductory information I have prepared on their platform.

In mid-May I invested €300 in Esketit to try it out and, although it is too early to draw any conclusions, I can tell you how well it performs.

With thirteen investments made, two of them in business and eleven in short-term loans, I already have a proven return of 14.03%.

Interesting also because it is based in Ireland, thus avoiding the concentration of Baltic platforms, it has reached €3M in funded loans.

In July I will publish a more detailed publication with more statistics, results and general impressions.

Bondster has rented €4 in June and comes with good news. Originator Kviku has achieved €1.6 million in profit and Bondster has added two new ones: NordCard and SmartAdvance South Africa.

From 1 July they will have a secondary market with a 0.5% commission to the seller, with no fee for the buyer.

This tool will increase liquidity, although I don’t think I will use it because my projects are short term and its Buyback works perfectly.

In addition, until 31 August, they are offering 1% of the investment to each new affiliate and an additional €5 bonus:

Platform with some shadows

Iuvo is not convincing me and has generated €1 again this month, despite investing in roubles with Kviku at almost 20%.

I have already seen that they have an inconvenient currency exchange rate, so I will give them until the end of July, when they will be 5 years old.

It is a very secure and highly rated platform, but its profitability is below my expectations.

In relation to its partners, Adwisers and NordCard have presented their audited annual accounts, while Ibancar has completed two years in Iuvo.

The new originator Access Finance with a 9% yield, risk category A and 30% skin-in-the-game has been launched.

Shunning these platforms

This month Housers has fulfilled the first payment of €517 committed for the Albufera III project. I expect that in July the payment of Torres de Paterna, both from the denounced developer Construbecker, will be added.

The court has admitted the complaint for a fraud offence and several parties involved on both sides, Housers and Construbecker, have been summoned to testify.

The total amount is €6.3 million for the projects Avenida del Puerto, Cardenal Benlloch, Albufera I, II and III, Tarragona, Torres de Paterna I and II, Eliana and Llanes.

Another court has ordered an investigation into the complaint filed against ByNok and Álvaro Luna, chairman of the board of directors of Housers, has already testified.

Things are not going well for them, that’s for sure. Based on last month’s data, we see here that investors are taking out more capital than they invest:

Another novelty is the inclusion of Bitcoin as a payment method in Housers through Cryptan.

My advice: don’t invest in Housers even with Monopoly tickets.

In Mintos I have reduced my portfolio by €114 and gained €5 in interest, thanks to the return of Akulaku. It is now up to Finko AM to follow suit, although they have already announced that they will return a maximum of 70% of the amount owed. I still do not advise investing in Mintos.

Already close to being licensed as brokers, they have introduced three categories of investors: retail, professional and eligible counterparties.

They have published their 2020 annual accounts audited by KPMG, which are less satisfactory than those for 2019.

In Lenndy they returned €13 in June, but I still have a long way to go until March 2024 to get rid of my entire portfolio. Last month I put the two assets up for sale at a 21% discount, but no one has been interested in them.

I am still very unhappy with Bulkestate. This month they came up with the idea of launching a project with the same return as usual (12%), for a term of 18 months, but with a minimum investment of €25,000.

And why invest in this project when there are others in which I can diversify and invest €50 at the same or a higher return and for a shorter term, even with monthly payments? Absurd.

Crowdestate still has no news on the Baltic Forest project, for which they owe me €284 and counting. It seems that the bankruptcy committee is taking it easy.

This month they have published 7 projects (none since 10/06) and we are still waiting for the publication of their annual accounts.

In the loss section, more than €2.5 million is irrecoverable and €7.1 million is in the hands of the courts.

Platforms denounced

Grupeer is not getting off the ground. This month it has been confirmed that the Latvian National Police has launched a criminal investigation and the person responsible is Commissioner Ervins Ambrozis, who can be contacted by those affected by this email: ervins.ambrozis@vp.gov.lv

It is also possible to join the Armada Group through their website. They have not published any posts on their blog since 31 March.

The curious thing is that on 16 June they presented the accounting books for the last three years (2018-2020) of one of the group’s companies, in which its administrator is Mr. Kisiks Andrejs.

Wisefund has defended its position and the judge has not yielded to the creditors’ meeting. In any case, the Spanish Judicial Police have informed me that they have found evidence of pyramid activity.

There is little time left to bring in the full cavalry against Monethera and there is evidence of cross financial movements with Envestio. In late summer there could be pleasant surprises.

Yesterday, 30 June, the defence of the claims against Envestio took place, but there is no public information about it. There will be further developments at the end of July.

The hearing against Kuetzal was held on the same day. It appears that the network is being extended to Colombia and one of its financial institutions. In Russia, a lawsuit has already been filed in the relevant courts.

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CROWDESTOR: 1% of your investment during the first 90 days

PEERBERRY: 0.5% of your investment for the first 30 days starting from 500€.

ROBO.CASH: 1% of your investment for the first 30 days from 500€.

LENDERMARKET:1% of your investment with a maximum of 3.000€.

contained optimism

It has been a month of restrained optimism, because both Crowdestor and Housers could have given me good news.

They have been fulfilled with Crowdestor and with Housers I am waiting for the first interest payment approved at the Shareholders’ Meeting, because I do not trust them.

Here are my results for the month, with €388 in interest earned:

Peerberry has brought great news, all of it welcome: I have been paid €38 in interest, the Taikos real estate project has been repaid at 14.4%, the originator Credit Plus UA has presented the audit with its excellent 2020 results and the Polish companies of the Aventus Group raised €2.55 million. of net profit last year.

Viainvest appears to have subscribed to the €7 monthly return, financing €4 million this month and resolving some periods without new projects. 

This month Robocash has returned “only” €44 as I have started investing in projects between 90-180 days because I have enormous confidence in them.

I have nothing but good things to say about them and they are becoming giants. They will soon launch $5 million in bonds in Singapore to launch their online bank in Southeast Asia, no less. 

In May Crowdestor woke up and made a partial repayment of the Forestland Investments project, for which they also made a special payment.

In addition, he has paid interest on four more projects and has given me €284 in interest.

I have sold the Mafia Stars project and keep 14 projects, half of which I have put up for sale at the same price as they were acquired.

Bondster has announced that it will launch its secondary market in July. In the meantime, they have given me another €4 in May and are continuing their usual line of work, paying on time.

Lendermarket continues to delight me, even though this month it has only yielded me €5. It is very regular in its payments and this month has exceeded €100 million financed.

With regard to Iuvo, it continues to evolve slowly but surely.

I have noticed that they do a currency exchange rate that is not very advantageous for the buyer, so in June I will look into rouble investments, which yield almost 20% per annum.

Mintos has let me down for another month, paying €0 of the €960 in recovery. In December 2021 I am supposed to get the €89 from Akulaku back, but Finko continues his zero payout line. 

This month its originators have published their annual results, Mintos has reached 400,000 registered users, originators Acema and Swiss Capital have stopped working with them and E-cash has been suspended with an outstanding debt of €407,000.

Bulkestate still has no news on the Amalijas Street project, which has been extended from 12 months to 24 months. Let’s hope it will be sooner, because they have already launched the 4th financing of this project. 

Crowdestate already owes me €211 in arrears from the Baltic Forest project and this month announced that 76 claims totalling almost €34 million are under review by the Bankruptcy Committee.  

In May, 8 new projects were launched and 2 entered the list of defaulters, making a total of 31 projects with a total of more than €8.5 million that are not known to be recovered.

In April I invested €300 in the Nibble platform after studying it for several months and I am VERY happy with them, as it has brought me a 14.5% return, they are transparent and have an excellent support service.

Below is a sample and here I show you more details:

In May I also invested another 300€ in the new Esketit platform and as it is very new, although I have been looking for it for some time, I will give you just a sample.

I will give you more details in June:

In Lenndy they have published the payment schedule for the projects with Buyback defaulted and will end in March 2024.

So I have taken the decision to put my two assets up for sale at a 21% discount on the purchase price.  

And what can I say about Housers? Well, they have behaved as usual: ZERO interest payments on the more than €100,000 invested.

On 31 May, the interest in the Albufera III project should have been transferred from the accused developer Construbecker to Housers. Will they arrive?

In May something fantastic happened and that is that the investors have taken control of the Via Augusta project, leaving aside the terrible management of the administrator and Housers. Well done, fellow sufferers!

And in June, the long-awaited class action lawsuit will be filed against Housers and all those involved in the scheme.

There are a total of 60 projects and you can participate as claimants and some even include loans already repaid, since the origin of the operations is illegal.

I am running against two: Ríos Rosas and Iriarte. All loan operations, except “Secundino Hernandez”, have in common the use of investors’ money for the purchase, refurbishment and sale of a real estate asset within 12 months (short-term investment transactions), or the purchase of the asset for rental and subsequent resale in the long term (savings operations).

If you want to participate in the class action, you can write to me at info@libertad-financiera.eu

Problematic platforms

The ones we prefer not to talk about are the ones we have learned the most about. Let’s go to them:

Grupeer has still not given any sign of life. The Armada Group has activated this page to join the lawsuit against them. 

The law firm Ellex Klavins is still trying to get Grupeer to file for bankruptcy, but it has not happened yet.

From Wisefund there are many new developments, but the main one is that the judicial police in each country are calling all those affected in Europe to corroborate and declare to the authorities their status as investors. Among them, myself.

This has happened because Magnusson’s law firm has filed a civil rather than a criminal lawsuit and Wisefund has avoided bankruptcy.

This is apparently Wisefund’s third victory in court. We will see what happens in this decisive month of June.

The case against Monethera is yielding results and data is being compiled to resume legal proceedings.

On the other hand, evidence has been received showing the connection between the Envestio, Kuetzal and Monethera frauds. Surprised?

In reference to Kuetzal, pressure is being put on the alleged perpetrators Victoria Gortsak and Alberts Cevers and they have taken a defensive position.

The case extends to Hungary, Bulgaria and Russia, where significant progress is being made.

The Envestio case appears to be well advanced and an auditor has even been hired to carry out a thorough analysis of the current situation.

I cannot give more details, but I am very optimistic despite the difficulty and the time it will take me to recover the first euro.

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One step forward and half a step back

My portfolio update: April 2021

This sentence defines the month of April: one step forward and half a step back, because the €258 return is somewhat disappointing.

And the disappointments are Housers, which is usual with a few exceptions, and Crowdestor, which in April brought in a measly 14 euros.

Fortunately Peerberry, Robocash and Lendermarket continue to do their job perfectly and give me nothing but joy.

This month I can’t blog much more due to time constraints, but here’s a summary of the main news from each platform:

Mintos continues to show its appalling management in the recovery of overdue loans, which this month accounted for €1.32 of the €960 outstanding.

Hopefully, the end of moratoriums in several countries will help to accelerate this process.

This month the Mexican originator Swell (up to 11% interest, 36 month periods, skin in the game of 10% and Buyback) has joined.

Mikro Kapitalhas also expanded its portfolio to Uzbekistan (up to 11% annual return, 23 months duration, skin in the game of 10% and Buyback), while E-Cash has been suspended.

DelfinGroup plans its IPO on the Latvian stock exchange in 2021 and maintains €13 million financed in Mintos.

Mintos has published a 44% growth in financed volume in the last 6 months compared to the previous 6 months.

Peerberry continues to outperform and has published its excellent first quarter results (€102 million portfolio vs. €60 million in 2020, €31 million over €23 million in 2020, doubled the number of employees in one year, etc.).

In addition, this month I set an all-time record with them by generating €81 in interest.

It plans to expand its market to Kenya, India and Romania, to expand its development in the real estate sector and in factoring.

This month they have improved their mobile app for Android, while it will take a few more weeks for iOS.

Viainvest has expanded into the Philippines under the banner of Vamo Lending Inc. with a 12% return, no Buyback and the possibility of early exit at one, three or six months’ notice.

On the other hand, they are going to stop issuing new projects in Spain under the VIA SMS Group brand.

They continue to suffer from a lack of projects on occasion, although they have recovered from their worst initial months this year.

With regard to Robocash, I can only confirm that I am still very satisfied with the €57 generated.

They have beaten their own forecasts and published their audited annual accounts by FBK Grant Thornton, which corroborate their excellent results: USD 24 million net profit and a 58% increase in the value of the group compared to the previous year.

As previously announced, Tez Finance has been replaced by LLP MFO Robocash.kz

The first big disappointment of the month arrives: Crowdestor has contributed €14 with 75% of its projects in arrears, few or late explanations and future promises of payment.

Below is a picture of my dashboard.

In April they have launched 7 new projects with a total volume of €835,000 and 530 new investors have registered. In March there were 12 projects, €1.6 million and 620 new users. Change of cycle?

They have published the results of the questionnaire which shows that 44% of investors are satisfied with the platform and that the greatest dissatisfaction comes from delays in payments.

Finally, in April they have changed their FAQ section and the secondary market is very active with new unforeseen delays.

Lenndy has refunded virtually none of the Buyback management monies and has re-announced that they will no longer issue projects under this guarantee.

As a result, its secondary market is buzzing with projects for sale and few purchases.

As I said last month, I am very unhappy with Bulkestate. The project in which I had invested for 12 months and which ended in March, will be delayed for another year.

Needless to say,I do not recommend investing in this platform until they catch up with payments on the many projects in arrears.

Bondster has brought some news in April: originator Stikcredit has published its 47% increase in sales in 2020.

On the other hand, the Bulgarian originator ITF has increased its interest rate from 10 to 11.5%.

I am pleased to learn about the situation of the originators in the process of restructuring thanks to the informative emails that they send openly, without any hint of secrecy.

The great joy of the month, along with Peerberry, was provided by Lendermarket, which contributed €84 in profitability between interest and bonus.

The first quarter results of its parent group – Creditstar Group – have been published, with a net profit of €1.7 million.

They have set aside €1.5 million for possible defaults on Covid, have launched the company Monefit in Finland and will launch new bonds worth €8 million in June.

Iuvo continues to go from strength to strength and this is the fourth month that I have made €1 profit.

The originator in which I invest in roubles, Kviku, has published its excellent audited results for last year (+40% gross profit).

iCredit Romania has also generated €1.36 million in gross profit in 2020 and already has 1,400 employees in 103 offices.

It is also a joy to know that they have started the process to become a regulated company under strict European guidelines in the P2P market.

Crowdestate has not provided any profitability for more than a year and they have not provided any news in the bankruptcy process of the company where I have invested €2,600.

They maintain €11.8 million owed for delays and €1.9 million irrecoverable from four projects.

The usual disappointment called Housers has avoided paying out this month on any of the nine active projects.

For the time being, the new class action lawsuit that was to be filed against Housers for 33 projects has been delayed because the lawsuit will be extended to more than 60 projects. I will report to you shortly on its implementation.

But the collective criminal complaint for alleged fraud and embezzlement against Housers and ByNok has already been admitted for processing, and the founders of the company are due to testify on 27 May.

Any investor in the ByNok projects (Boladilla Village and Hills, ByNok, Mediterranean Hills and Bond Hills) can join the lawsuit by contacting the lawyer Manuel C. Merino: manuelm.ab@gmail.com

Housers published on 8 April that it has closed a capital increase round of half a million euros and intends to raise a further 4 million euros next summer.

In addition, founding partner Antonio Brusola has agreed to leave Housers after 3 years of conflict.

There are still two very active groups to keep up to date: https://t.me/housers_foro and https://t.me/housersCom

We have not received anything this month either from the defendants Grupeer and Wisefund.

Neither has issued any statement and there is no news about them.

In reference to Envestio, a possible agreement with the debtor Spade has been extended this month.

New material has emerged implicating Cevers for misappropriation in the Kuetzal case.

Sensitive information has also been requested from a major bank to trace the origin of several transfers.

In addition, a bankruptcy petition has been filed in Central Europe, and there could be developments in the Russian bankruptcy office next month.

Finally, there have been a number of developments against Monethera and some of its debtor companies.

In addition, a criminal complaint has been filed against a former manager of the company for misappropriation.

Here’s the current status of my investments:

You already know that you can see the screenshot of each platform, the profitability tables, latest news and the summary of each one in each “Crowdlending” tab or here. 

CROWDESTOR’S CURRENT SITUATION

Month of little joy

Updating my portfolio: January 2021

Yes, a month of little joy. January is usually a very irregular month and this year has been no exception. 

Despite this, I sign another 367 euros of profitability from just over 27,000 euros invested in some European platforms, because the only Spaniard – Housers – has defaulted on its payment commitments for the third consecutive month. 

This month I decided to report Housers and promoter Construbecker to the Courts of Madrid, so I had to advance to the law firm an amount that I have been able to meet between the emergency fund and the withdrawal on several platforms.

Here are the details of the current state of investments:

Mintos gave me back 2 euros this month of the 981 euros in the process of recovery and I only have 1€ invested. They have updated their Risk Scores, which you can see below. 

At Peerberry I have increased my portfolio because they continue to give me enormous confidence. In 2020 they increased their portfolio by almost 46% compared to the previous year and remain unpaid since its inception in 2017.

Viainvest is suffering from the lack of publication of projects, but continues to evolve with firm pace and has been able to generate 8 euros this month. 

I continue to be very happy with Robo.cash and this month has rented 103 euros for the December promotional campaign and several project returns in Singapore.

Crowdestor has half-fulfilled this month. Despite having paid 231euros in interest, there are project management that continues to be delayed: Wholesale Food Trade (payment commitment at the end of 2020), Mafia Stars (delay in its full payment of capital), Kabuki (waiting for a vote from the first week of January), among others. 

Wisefund launched in December a new project – Mobile Ads Operations – which today has reached 48% funding, but in January it has launched another one that has already been funded –App Acquiring Venture -. 

Investors are still behaving badly. I remain unanswered to an email sent on January 25 regarding the lack of news since last July of the Dutch Flower Exporter project:

In Lenndy I stopped the autoinvest on December 29 because they hardly launch projects and the ones I have are all behind. My intention is to keep removing everything invested until I stop hearing noise from this platform. 

For the time being, the First Finance operator remains suspended. Let’s hope they meet their commitments on the projects already funded, because I have almost half of them. The good thing is that everyone has a vehicle as collateral. 

In addition, from 1 February they will have a secondary market in which projects of this operator can be sold. 

IUVO and Lendermarket have reached one month and the result is being adequate, without great joy or disappointment. Both already have some delays, so I’ll be able to check the operation of their Buyback. I’ll tell you more details below.

At Bondster I have obtained 9 euros this month and it is still the platform that offers the most profitability, however I will reduce my portfolio.  

Reasons? Since January 1, its CEO has left management and since March 1 its conditions will change, in which users will not be notified of new changes in their contractual terms. None of them I like.

In addition, with the money I withdraw from Bondster I will start investing in two new platforms that I am studying in detail: Estateguru and Evoestate.

In relation to Crowdestate nothing has changed:they still do not pay interest, return capital or update their latest news published in December, announcing that a bankruptcy committee had been assigned for the Baltic Forest project that would already inform us on some date not defined. 

Grupeer seems to have disappeared from the map since early November and from the Telegram group it’s all assumptions. 

On the other hand, Bulkestate continues to comply and in January they have published three projects with lower profitability that are financed in a few hours thanks to their stalwart.

Once again, Housers has disappointed its thousands of investors/affected in a month in which they have not paid a single euro. Therefore, a few days ago I filed a complaint against them and the promoter for the 70,000 euros that I have invested in two projects, although I know that a total of ten have been reported. 

More and more of you affected by this platform have contacted me from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Portugal and Spain, where the projects are located. This month we have had some news that I share with you below.  

In reference to Envestio, Kuetzal and Monethera it seems that good news arrives, some of which I explain later.

Continue reading “Month of little joy”

My portfolio update: December 2020

Month of satisfaction and disappointment (say Housers)

That’s it, month of satisfaction (Crowdestor and Robo.cash) and disappointments (Housers and Mintos), because December has been less profitable than October and November, mainly because Housers has ignored its payment obligations and has contributed nothing to the 636€ generated this month by the rest of the platforms. 

Below you can see the profitability of each one in detail:

Mintos has been a disappointment for another month, but I have paid back 39 euros and I am below the 1000 euros invested. At this rate I will forget about Mintos in two years. I now have only 6.5% invested (60 euros), as the rest (920 euros) is still in the process of recovery. 

Peerberry remains constant, maintaining a high number of available projects which last month reached the milestone of EUR 22.3 million funded.

Another 9 Euros were given to me by Viainvest in December, which continues to consolidate as a safe and smooth bet. 

This month, Robo.cash was the main attraction, contributing 286 euros in interest thanks to the investment campaign in projects in Singapore, which gave me 226 euros. 

As usual in Crowdestor, they have had a month with lights and shadows. The lights: the Mafia Stars project has made an advance of 21% on the capital to be delivered on 6 January and the Saapio project has been brought up to date with payments.

The shadows: five projects are more than 90 days overdue, although we have a commitment to pay for one of them (Forestland Investments) from January, another without news since early November (Inch2) despite the publication by Crowdestor and, as a novelty, I have acquired in the secondary market the project Wholesale Food Trade with an amount of 34€ to try.

In spite of this, this month they have contributed 320 euros very welcome. Furthermore, they have launched a vote to accept or not the proposal of the promoter of the Consumer Loan Portfolio Acquisition project, which seemed to be a joke.  

Regarding Wisefund, they have surprised the market by launching a new projectwhen we all anticipated the probable end of the platform. Last attempts? It should be remembered that they are unprincipled people who have not informed their investors for months and do not provide a solution to their short-term defaults.

In Lenndy I have stopped the autoinvest since December 29th because they hardly launch any projects and I have 35 out of 38 projects delayed.In addition, new investors will not be able to registeruntil mid-January, so I have deleted the bonus link to avoid any inconvenience. December has contributed only 4 euros, when previously it was no less than 10 euros a month.

This month I sold my scarce Swaper portfolio, as they could hardly publish any projects. It has been an 11-month test that has not convinced me and I will not return to them until they increase their available projects. 

On the other hand, for almost a year now I have been following Iuvo and Lendermarket, in which I have started to invest at the end of December with small amounts to see their evolution and test them. Below and in the Crowdlending section I leave you more details. 

Bondster has given me €13 in December, which I hope will continue to work in the same way: high profitability, immediate returns and strict application of the Buyback. 

This month, the developer of the Baltic Forest project, whose first meeting of creditorswas held on December 21, has been declared bankrupt. Crowdestate has informed that a bankruptcy committee has been appointed, which will have to analyse the situation and make claims on behalf of the debtors. 

Grupeer published their latest news on the blog at the beginning of November, which I don’t know if it’s good news, and Bulkestate continues at their pace, slowly but surely, working quite well, even though they have only published two projects this month that have celebrated their 4th anniversary.

As a disappointment, Housers has not ceased to surprise us with a new lack of payment, in which they have failed to comply with the agreementwe reached three months ago on the Albufera III and Torres de Paterna projects and of which they only paid for the first month.

They did the same in the previous agreement, signed more than a year ago, so they are fooling investors again. How long will the CNMV (National Securities Market Commission), allow Housers to do this?

The President of the Association of People Affected by Housers has published a table with ALL the delayed projects and they are MANY. You will be amazed… Here you can see it in detail. 

Finally, on Envestio there have been some new developments, while Kuetzal and Monethera have hardly changed from last month. You can see them all below.

And here are the details of each platform:

Continue reading “My portfolio update: December 2020”