Trading platforms

Peer-to-peer lending platform TWINO was the target of a cyberattack on 15 and 16 October. An unauthorized third party got access to personal data of investors. According to the platform, around 8 percent of current investors are affected.

Mintos, a Latvian investment platform best known for offering investments in loans, has added individual stocks to its offering. You can now invest in more than 4,000 US, European and other global stocks from 1 euro. The launch brings Mintos into more direct competition with online stock brokers.

Collin Crowdfund has been active in Germany for over a year. Successfully so: last year it already achieved 95 million with German projects. We spoke about this with managing director Jeroen ter Huurne.

German international exchange organization, Deutsche Börse Group, has invested 200 million euros in Kraken, a global cryptocurrency platform. This results in a 1.5 percent fully diluted stake in the company.

In a comparison between German and Dutch users of peer-to-peer lending platform Debitum, it is very clearly visible that Dutch investors go bigger. The average investment per head for Dutch investors is a lot higher than in Germany.

Trading and investing platform eToro has recently announced that it is launching a recurring investment feature. The feature makes automated, recurring purchases of assets possible at set times. According to the platform, this helps users to contribute to their investment goals in a consistent manner.

Trading and investing platform eToro has announced that it has filed a registration for an IPO in the United States. Once the filing becomes effective, shares of the company will be offered on the Nasdaq exchange.

In the Netherlands, more than 1.137 billion euros was raised in total with corporate crowdfunding campaigns in 2024. This was a record, with a volume increase of almost 20 percent compared to the previous year.

Peer-to-peer lending platform Debitum Investments has grown significantly in the past year. According to the platform, its growth has doubled within a year since it was acquired. It already has plans to expand that growth next year.

Investment platform Freedom24 has reached a new milestone. After starting its operations in Europe in 2020, it has now reached 300,000 European customers. Worldwide, the customer base increased with 25,000 users between 2023 and this year.