Continental European Volume Roundup - August 2016

By Aloysius Fekete on Monday 26 September 2016

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August saw a return to the platform lending levels seen in the first half of 2016 in Continental Europe after a slow July with origination volumes bouncing back to €53.8million. This is well over double the volume in the same period last year with YoY growth topping out at 110%.

French platform lender Younited Credit had their 3rd best month on record originating €16.5million in August, more than €5million more than in July and a 77% increase YoY. Overall, consumer lending remains robust reaching a new monthly record volume of €43.7million while business lending at €7.7million is lagging 50% below levels earlier this year and down 13% YoY.

The top 3 lenders for August 2016 were:

  1. Younited Credit
  2. Mintos
  3. Twino

The following platforms hit new volume records:

  • Bondora
  • Fellow Finance
  • Twino

Figure 1: Liberum AltFi Volume Index Continental Europe Monthly Origination Volume

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