Esketit Review

What is Esketit?

Esketit is a Dublin, Ireland-based P2P platform that was founded in 2020.

The platform is owned by the two founders Davis Barons and Matiss Ansviesulis, who are also the owners of Creamfinance Group.

This, in turn, explains why on Esketit you can only invest in loans from credit brokers that are either subsidiaries of Creamfinance Group or directly owned by the founders of the platform.

Since the platform itself does not broker loans, it is also called a P2P marketplace.

Since its inception, the platform has funded more than €177 million worth of P2P loans, making it one of the mid-sized P2P platforms.

Mintos spin-off

You might already know the P2P loans offered if you are signed up on Mintos.

This is because Esketit is one of the spin-offs of Mintos, which also includes Lendermarkt.

Prior to its founding, Creamfinance Group offered loans on Mintos on a very large scale and is still active there today.

How does Esketit make money?

Esketit makes its money from commissions charged by loan brokers.

At the current time, this is the only way of income, as almost no fees are charged from investors.

Who owns Esketit?

Esketit is owned by the two founders of the platform Davis Barons and Matiss Ansviesulis.

How reputable (safe) is Esketit? Is Esketit legal?

Esketit is not regulated by an official financial market regulator, which typically leaves no doubt about the safety of a platform.

However, the fact that the platform was able to finance loans worth more than €177 million speaks for its seriousness.

Furthermore, the close ties with the Creamfinance Group (the founders of the platform are the owners of the Creamfinance Group) also speak for a serious company.

This is also evident in the credit brokers that either belong to the Creamfinance Group or are directly owned by the founders of Esketit.

In our opinion, we would therefore rate the platform as safe.

How does Esketit work?

At Esketit, you must first register and fund your account via a bank transfer before you can start investing.

With your first transfer to your account, you also confirm the bank account to which you can withdraw money in the future.

For investments, Esketit requires a minimum investment amount of 10 € and it is up to you whether you want to invest manually or automatically.

On the platform, you can invest on the primary market (initial issuance of loans) and secondary market (loans from other investors).

How can I invest on Esketit?

On Esketit you can choose the loans you want to invest in individually.

This makes sense especially in the beginning, when you want to invest your amount quickly.

It is even faster if you also use the secondary market in case there are not enough loans on the primary market that meet your requirements.

With the investment function Auto Invest you can automatically invest in the offered loans.

A practical feature is that the platform offers you three preset strategies:

• Diversified,

• Jordan and

• CreamFinance.

At the beginning, you only need to specify once in which loans you want to invest.

However, if you want to follow your own strategy, you can specify different settings. The most important ones are:

• Investment per loan,

• interest rate,

• remaining loan term,

• countries,

• types of credit,

• credit intermediary (credit provider) and

• Buyback Guarantee only.

Auto Invest makes a tidy impression and is straightforward to use.

In our opinion, it is not overloaded and offers all important options.

We find it a bit of a shame that you can only invest on the primary market with Auto Invest, because you can\'t automatically invest on the secondary market.

How do I get cashback on my investments with Esketit?

If you sign up with our cashback link*, you will get 1% cashback on your investments after your registration.

For the calculation of the cashback, your investments during the first 90 days after your registration will be taken into account.

What warning signs should I be aware of with Esketit?

At the moment we have not noticed any warning signs.