Bondora Review 2026

Loan originators · Estonia · since 2008 · 5.0 (1 review)

Reviewed by Eugene Sokolovs, figures checked 11 Nov 2026

Estonian consumer-lending platform since 2008, now run as Go & Grow: you pay in from €1 and earn a platform-set rate of up to 6% a year on unsecured consumer loans, with withdrawals any day for €1.

Risk level
Highest
Crowdinform rating
Advertised rate
6% a year
What the platform offers, not what investors got
Start from
€1
Money back in 1–1 months
  • Auto-invest
  • Mobile app

Capital at risk. Past returns do not predict future returns; a borrower can pay late or not at all.

Returns and risk

How we set these levels

Risk level

Highest

Higher risk is worse. Your money depends on one consumer lender, Bondora AS, and on Go&Grow OÜ, the company you contract with, which has €2,500 of capital and no licence. Our own review of the lender rates it as middling: on that alone the risk would be High. We set it Very High because Estonia's regulator fined the lender in 2025, withdrawals were limited once in 2020, the public loan statistics have been taken off the site, and the loans are unsecured with no buyback. You have seen no losses so far because the platform pays a set rate whatever the loans do. That is true, but it says little about how strong Bondora is; the one published default rate is 8.3% in Finland.

Return level

Low

Up to 6% a year, a rate the platform sets and can change. No measured return is published.

Risk for the return

Very bad

On this scale a higher level is better. A capped return of up to 6% a year, set by the platform, does not make up for a very high level of risk, so the balance stays Very Low.

Returns up to
6% a yearGo & Grow pays up to 6% a year, a rate the platform sets (cut from 6.75% on 1 April 2025). It is not a measured return: no figure for what investors actually earned after bad loans is published. As of October 2026.
Money back in
1–1 monthsTypical loan or investment term

What the platform reports about losses (its own definitions)

Default rate
8.3%In Finland (about 60% of the book), 8.3% of loans made from mid-2023 to early 2024 defaulted within their first year (more than 90 days late and contract ended). Published July 2026; other countries only in charts.
Loans not paying normally
26.3%About 26% of the €697 million loan book (€183 million) was not paying normally at the end of 2025, calculated from the platform's own annual report; about 36% a year earlier.

Capital at risk. Past returns do not predict future returns; a borrower can pay late or not at all.

Statistics

Last updated 11 Nov 2026

€2320M
funded since 2008
822,329
projects funded
517,699
investors
1
projects open now on Crowdinform

Figures as the platform publishes them.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • One of Europe's longest-running consumer lenders: €2.30 billion invested since 2008 and €205 million paid to investors (as of October 2026).
  • Start with €1, no fees to pay in or hold money, and withdraw any day for €1.
  • Publishes its default definition, its recovery rates by country and audited annual accounts (2025, unqualified opinion).
  • The 6% paid has matched what independent tracking of investor portfolios shows over the last twelve months.

Cons

  • Loans are unsecured, with no buyback, reserve fund or insurance; about 26% of the €697 million loan book was not paying normally at the end of 2025.
  • Estonia's regulator fined the lender €200,000 on 30 April 2025 for lending without all required borrower checks (December 2023 to February 2024).
  • The company you contract with, Go&Grow OÜ, has €2,500 of share capital, no financial licence and no compensation scheme.
  • No measured return is published, and the public loan statistics page has been removed; default rates are given in words for Finland only.
  • Withdrawals depend on new deposits; they were paid in instalments once, in spring 2020, and there is no market to sell to other investors.

How it works

For investors

Minimum
€1
Fees
  • Investor fee: EUR 1 per withdrawal
Currencies
EUR
Languages
Swedish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, German, English, Polish, French, Dutch, Estonian
Auto-invest
Yes
Can sell early
No
Limits
Residents of the EU, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, holding a bank account in the EU, Switzerland or the UK in their own name; e-money accounts such as Wise and Revolut are not accepted. Identity verification and bank-account verification are required, and withdrawals may only go to a previously verified account in the investor's own name

About and licence

What it is

Bondora is an Estonian consumer-lending business that has been running since 2008. Its investment product is now called Go & Grow. In 2026 the company investors sign with was renamed Go&Grow OÜ and moved out of the Bondora group into a new holding company, and bondora.com now leads to goandgrow.eu. Go & Grow is the only product that takes new money.

How it works

You pay in euros, from €1. The platform spreads your money automatically across small slices of unsecured consumer loans that Bondora makes to people in Finland (about 60% of the book), the Netherlands, Estonia, Denmark and Latvia. You cannot choose loans. Your balance grows every day at a rate the platform sets, now up to 6% a year.

Returns

Go & Grow advertises up to 6% a year, cut from 6.75% on 1 April 2025. This is a rate the platform sets and pays, not a measured result: Bondora publishes no figure for what investors actually earned after bad loans. Its home page shows €205 million paid to investors on €2.30 billion invested since 2008 (as of October 2026), which is an amount, not a yearly rate. Independent tracking of investor portfolios points to about 6% over the last twelve months.

Losses and defaults

Bondora publishes one default figure in words: in Finland, 8.3% of the loans made between mid-2023 and early 2024 defaulted within their first year (a loan counts as defaulted when it is more than 90 days late and the contract has been ended). That is down from about 14% for loans made in early 2023. Figures for the other countries are shown only in charts (published July 2026).

The 2025 annual report shows a loan book of €697 million at the end of 2025, of which €514 million was paying normally. So about 26% (€183 million) was not paying normally, down from about 36% a year earlier, partly because Bondora sold some Finnish bad loans. Go & Grow investors do not see these losses directly: Bondora absorbs them inside the gap between what the loans earn and the rate it pays you. That works only as long as Bondora and Go&Grow OÜ can keep paying.

What secures your money

Nothing secures the loans. They are unsecured consumer loans, with no buyback from another company, no reserve fund and no insurance on Go & Grow. When a borrower stops paying, Bondora chases the debt through collectors, courts and bailiffs; it says it gets back 31% to 54% of the defaulted amount within three years and expects about 67% to 69% over ten years. In practice your security is the financial strength of Bondora and of Go&Grow OÜ, the company you contract with, which has €2,500 of share capital, holds no financial licence and is not covered by any compensation scheme. Bondora's group made a profit in 2025 and its accounts were audited without qualification, but part of that profit came from a one-off sale of bad loans.

Who runs it and its licence

Bondora AS, the lender, holds an Estonian credit licence. Go&Grow OÜ, the company that owes Go & Grow investors their money, holds no financial licence. On 30 April 2025 Estonia's financial regulator fined Bondora AS €200,000 for making consumer loans between December 2023 and February 2024 without all the required checks on borrowers.

Fees

Opening an account, paying in and holding money are free. Each withdrawal costs €1. The platform keeps the difference between what the loans earn and the rate it pays you, and does not say how large that difference is.

Getting your money out

You can ask to withdraw any day; the platform buys your loan slices back, paying from other investors' deposits and from borrowers' repayments. If there is not enough cash, it pays out in parts each banking day. That happened once, in spring 2020. There is no market to sell to other investors; the old secondary market for earlier portfolios closed in September 2025.

Our view

Return: Low — up to 6% a year, set by the platform, with no measured figure behind it. Risk: Very High (higher means more risk) — everything depends on one lender, which our own review rates as middling, and on a small, unlicensed company you contract with; the lender was fined by its regulator, withdrawals were limited once, and the public loan statistics have been taken down. Risk-return: Very Low — a modest, capped return for a very high level of risk.

Licence

Bondora AS (the lender) holds an Estonian credit licence from the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority. Go&Grow OÜ, the company investors contract with, holds no financial licence and is not covered by any deposit or investor compensation scheme.

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Questions people ask

Is Bondora regulated?

Partly. Bondora AS, which makes the loans, holds an Estonian credit licence. Go&Grow OÜ, the company that owes you your money in Go & Grow, holds no financial licence, and no compensation scheme covers your balance.

Who holds my money?

Cash waiting in your account is kept in client accounts at AS LHV Pank in Estonia. Once invested, your money is in claims on Bondora's consumer loans, held through Go&Grow OÜ.

What is the minimum investment?

€1. There is no maximum stated for Go & Grow.

What returns, and what losses so far?

Go & Grow pays up to 6% a year, a rate the platform sets. Bondora does not publish what investors earned after bad loans. In Finland 8.3% of loans made from mid-2023 to early 2024 defaulted within a year, and about 26% of the whole loan book was not paying normally at the end of 2025. Investors do not bear these losses directly while Bondora can keep paying the set rate.

What secures my investment?

Nothing secures the loans: they are unsecured, with no buyback, reserve fund or insurance. Bondora recovers part of defaulted debts through collection (31% to 54% within three years). Your real protection is Bondora's and Go&Grow OÜ's ability to keep paying.

Can I withdraw my money at any time?

You can ask any day, for a €1 fee. Payouts come from new deposits and borrower repayments; if cash runs short, the platform pays in parts each banking day, as it did once in spring 2020. You cannot sell to other investors.

What fees do I pay?

No fee to open an account, pay in or hold money; €1 per withdrawal. The platform also keeps the difference between what the loans earn and the rate it pays you, without saying how much.

What happens if Bondora or Go & Grow fails?

Your money is not covered by any guarantee or compensation scheme. You would depend on what can be recovered from the loan claims held for investors, which could take years and return less than you paid in.

Bondora is now Go & Grow — what changed?

In 2026 the company investors contract with was renamed Go&Grow OÜ and moved out of the Bondora group under a new holding company; bondora.com now leads to goandgrow.eu. The loans are still made by Bondora AS. How responsibility is shared between the two companies has not been fully explained publicly.

Ratings and reviews

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5.0 (1 review)
Offering quality
5/5
Services and support
5/5
Functionality
5/5
Transparency
5/5
  • Starlene M. ★★★★★ 9 Jan 2026

    Bondora va bien como “pata” conservadora dentro del P2P, pero no la trato como depósito. Para equilibrar, suelo repartir entre Bondora, PeerBerry y algo de Maclear

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