Squirrel is not a tech start-up. We’ve been in the business of helping Kiwis borrow money since 2008.
Squirrel was born during the Global Financial Crisis so we’ve got a natural cynicism about the economy and being prudent. We’ve worked hard for our clients and built a strong and trusted brand in the Auckland housing market, arranging over $2 billion in mortgages. And along the way we’ve also won a heap of awards.
Our business is all about helping Kiwis make better financial decisions.
Peer-to-peer – or as we like to call it, person-to-person lending, was an obvious next step for us. It gives everyday investors better returns at the same time as saving borrowers their hard-earned money. By putting Reserve Funds in place and building a world class IT platform (the Squirrel P2P Marketplace) we also take looking after our investors’ money seriously.
Squirrel Investing is about us challenging lending traditions to create more value for our clients. It’s not revolutionary or scary, it’s just personal lending, done better. We believe in total transparency and you’ll find we’re honest and open about how we work, where our funding comes from and what’s happening with your money.
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Squirrel is not a tech start-up. We’ve been in the business of helping Kiwis borrow money since 2008.
Squirrel was born during the Global Financial Crisis so we’ve got a natural cynicism about the economy and being prudent. We’ve worked hard for our clients and built a strong and trusted brand in the Auckland housing market, arranging over $2 billion in mortgages. And along the way we’ve also won a heap of awards.
Our business is all about helping Kiwis make better financial decisions.
Peer-to-peer – or as we like to call it, person-to-person lending, was an obvious next step for us. It gives everyday investors better returns at the same time as saving borrowers their hard-earned money. By putting Reserve Funds in place and building a world class IT platform (the Squirrel P2P Marketplace) we also take looking after our investors’ money seriously.
Squirrel Investing is about us challenging lending traditions to create more value for our clients. It’s not revolutionary or scary, it’s just personal lending, done better. We believe in total transparency and you’ll find we’re honest and open about how we work, where our funding comes from and what’s happening with your money.
Visit squirrel.co.nz/invest
5 days ago , Auckland
I gave up with the message of identification validation error. I have tried several time to photo my driver license, but it kept error.
1 week ago , Auckland
It would be nice to be sent an email informing when an investment is repaid.
06/08/2022 , Auckland
I am new to Squirrel but I have found the website easy to navigate and the information that I was looking to help me to decide whether to invest or not was covered. I emailed just once to check I was doing things correctly and had a very prompt and friendly response. So far, I am delighted to have taken the step to invest with Squirrel and plan on investing with them further.
03/24/2022 , Christchurch
Easy app access, a bit annoying that it locks you out if you use another application at the same time. Invested an initial sum to see how it works and pleasantly pleased it went with ease, looking forward to investing more as time goes on.
12/10/2021
It's OK, but in my experience most of the investments are repaid early, quite often well before the initial end of term date which can mean that income steam isn't constant and lacks the 'set and forget' aspect of other P2P platforms as a result.
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