Mintos
Recommended4.0/5
Seven of my loan originators failed and I still came out ahead, which is why it's where I'd point serious money first.
8–12% €50 min MiFID II Buyback
Return 8–12% Min €50 Regulation MiFID II Protection Buyback
P2P Lending in Germany: 21 Best Platforms Ranked (2026)
P2P lending in Germany works through Europe's cross-border platforms. Every platform in this ranking accepts German investors. The platforms operate EU-wide, most of them across the whole EEA. We've scored all 21 on the same four dimensions we apply everywhere, with our own money on the top picks. Platforms we rate Not recommended stay in the ranking, with a link that only names the platform.
P2P lending platforms available in Germany
All 21 P2P lending platforms in this ranking accept investors from Germany. The loans span consumer, business, real-estate, and agricultural lending. Minimum investments start at €1 and run to €1,000. Advertised returns range from 6% to 16% per year. 11 of the 21 hold a MiFID II or ECSP licence, and the other 10 operate unregulated. The oldest platform here has taken investor money since 2014, the newest since 2023.
This is the same ranking that anchors our European P2P platform ranking. Availability doesn't change the verdicts. Every verified sign-up bonus is listed in the P2P bonus overview, and every market we cover is in P2P lending by country.
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Go & Grow
Recommended3.8/5
Delivers exactly the 6% it advertises, with zero effort required.
Up to 6% €1 min Unregulated None
Return Up to 6% Min €1 Regulation Unregulated Protection None
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VIAINVEST
Investable3.4/5
Licensed, fee-free notes that pay their coupons. The term filter decides your rate.
9–13% €50 min MiFID II Buyback
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InRento
Investable3.3/5
InRento registers each mortgage for its investors, as their representative. No InRento mortgage had been enforced by October 2026, and two Polish loans went into recovery that autumn.
9.25–11.5% €500 min ECSP Mortgage
Return 9.25–11.5% Min €500 Regulation ECSP Protection Mortgage -
LANDE
Investable3.3/5
Farm loans, mostly against land or machinery, where defaults have become years, not losses.
9–12% €50 min ECSP Mortgage
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Income Marketplace
Investable3.1/5
Buybacks work while its loan originators can pay, but one 2022 default is still only partly repaid.
7–15% €10 min Unregulated Buyback
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Nectaro
Investable3.0/5
Coupons paid to the cent under a Latvian licence, but every note funds Nectaro's own DYNINNO group, whose parent company is the largest borrower.
10–14% €50 min MiFID II Buyback
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PeerBerry
Investable3.0/5
Its loan originators repaid their war-hit loans in full, but PeerBerry couldn't keep my portfolio invested.
8.5–10% €10 min Unregulated Buyback
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TWINO
Investable3.0/5
Licensed in Latvia, but every new security is repaid by one Polish card company.
6–12% €1 min MiFID II None
Return 6–12% Min €1 Regulation MiFID II Protection None
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Robocash
High risk2.8/5
No reported freeze since its 2017 launch, on a group with $4.25M of equity against $82.8M owed to investors at the end of 2024.
8–10.5% €10 min Unregulated Buyback
Return 8–10.5% Min €10 Regulation Unregulated Protection Buyback -
Monefit
High risk2.7/5
Pays exactly its advertised rate, but every claim comes from one lending group, with no regulator or buyback behind it.
7.5–10.52% €10 min Unregulated None
Return 7.5–10.52% Min €10 Regulation Unregulated Protection None -
InSoil
High risk2.6/5
Publishes its default figures, and they show 11.19% of its loans defaulting in an average year.
11–15% €100 min ECSP Mortgage
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Letsinvest
High risk2.6/5
First-rank mortgages under a Bank of Lithuania licence, but a €1,000 ticket earns each loan's lowest rate and the only loan marked late sits beside a 0% default counter.
7.5–10.5% €1,000 min ECSP Mortgage
Return 7.5–10.5% Min €1,000 Regulation ECSP Protection Mortgage -
Lendermarket
High risk2.3/5
Creditstar's group guarantee backs its loans' buyback, but most loans on offer sit outside the licence and the top rates demand multi-year lock-ins.
Up to 15% €10 min ECSP Buyback
Return Up to 15% Min €10 Regulation ECSP Protection Buyback -
Esketit
High risk2.0/5
Each loan's assignment agreement is readable, but no auditor checks the platform's own accounts. Its founders own the loan originators behind most of the money on offer.
7–12% €10 min Unregulated Buyback
Return 7–12% Min €10 Regulation Unregulated Protection Buyback
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Debitum
Not recommended1.6/5
Licensed in Latvia, but two-thirds of its book funds one forest fund and its sister fund, and Flow's early exit is a request the issuer may refuse.
9–15% €10 min MiFID II Collateral
Return 9–15% Min €10 Regulation MiFID II Protection Collateral -
Hive5
Not recommended1.5/5
Every loan comes from companies Hive5 places in its own group, and the group's audited accounts carry a going-concern warning.
13–16% €10 min Unregulated Buyback
Return 13–16% Min €10 Regulation Unregulated Protection Buyback -
Estateguru
Not recommended1.3/5
About two-thirds of the money out on loan was late or in recovery in October 2026, and the secondary market Estateguru closed in August had no announced reopening by November.
8–11% €50 min ECSP Mortgage
Return 8–11% Min €50 Regulation ECSP Protection Mortgage -
Lonvest
Not recommended1.3/5
Every loan originator belongs to the group Lonvest calls its own, none shows audited accounts, and no published contract contains the "group guarantee" Lonvest markets.
9–13% €50 min Unregulated None
Return 9–13% Min €50 Regulation Unregulated Protection None -
Maclear
Not recommended1.3/5
Its own terms say investor funds aren't privileged if the platform fails.
12–15% €50 min Unregulated Collateral
Return 12–15% Min €50 Regulation Unregulated Protection Collateral -
Loanch
Not recommended1.0/5
Double-digit rates, almost all of the money with one Fingular loan originator, and deposits unavailable for more than 11 weeks in 2026.
Up to 14.5% €10 min Unregulated Buyback
Return Up to 14.5% Min €10 Regulation Unregulated Protection Buyback
Local platforms in Germany
Germany has a domestic platform scene, and it runs project lending rather than marketplace P2P. auxmoney, the German consumer P2P marketplace, no longer takes new private investors, and its site today addresses borrowers only. Exporo funds real-estate and renewable-energy projects, with its sister brand PROPVEST running property savings plans. Bergfürst mixes project financing with physical gold, and WIWIN channels retail money into wind, solar, and green startups.
None of Germany’s platforms has been through our review process yet, and the ranking carries only platforms we have reviewed. Every cross-border platform in it accepts German investors, under home-country rules. The three strongest are Mintos, Go & Grow, and VIAINVEST.
Euros, with no conversion step
The platforms in this ranking operate in euros, and Germany is in the eurozone. Funding an account is an ordinary SEPA transfer from a German bank, with no currency conversion anywhere in the chain.
Returns arrive in euros too, so what you see in this ranking is what you measure at home. The exchange-rate exposure that non-euro investors carry doesn't apply.
Regulation in Germany
Germany has no licensing framework of its own for P2P lending, and cross-border platforms wouldn’t fall under one anyway. A platform licensed under MiFID II or the EU crowdfunding regime answers to its home-country regulator, and that licence passports across the EU. BaFin, Germany’s federal financial supervisor, licenses none of the platforms in this ranking — the domestic platforms above operate under Germany’s general securities and banking rules instead.
11 of the 21 hold a MiFID II or ECSP licence, and crowdfunding licences can be checked in ESMA's register. The other 10 operate unregulated, which our Safety dimension prices in.
P2P investments sit outside the €100,000 bank deposit guarantee, and no scheme anywhere covers loans that default. The 5 MiFID II platforms in this ranking (Mintos, VIAINVEST, Nectaro, TWINO, and Debitum) are members of national investor compensation schemes under EU Directive 97/9/EC, which pay up to €20,000 if the firm itself fails to return your instruments or cash. An ECSP licence brings conduct rules but no compensation scheme, and the unregulated platforms carry neither.
How P2P returns are taxed in Germany
German tax residents pay a flat 25% on interest income under § 32d of the Income Tax Act, plus the 5.5% solidarity surcharge, 26.375% in total, plus church tax where it applies. Germany taxes the returns from loan claims bought from a loan originator, notes, crowdfunding loans and savings-style products at that same rate. The first €1,000 of all investment income per year is free under the investor’s allowance, doubled for joint filers. A German bank would withhold this at source. The platforms in this ranking sit abroad and withhold no German tax, so the income goes in the annual tax return.
13 of the 21 platforms in this ranking withhold nothing at their end either. Where tax is withheld abroad, by a platform or by a borrower or loan originator in its own country, Germany credits it against the flat tax only up to the rate the double-tax treaty allows, which is 10% for Latvia. Anything withheld above the treaty rate has to be reclaimed from the source country. The per-platform withholding row sits in each review’s fee table.
Frequently asked questions
Can German investors use these P2P platforms?
Yes, every platform in this ranking accepts investors from Germany. The platforms operate across the EU, most across the wider EEA, and registration works the same as for any other EU resident.
Can I invest from a German bank account?
Yes, every platform in this ranking takes SEPA transfers, and German bank accounts are SEPA accounts. Deposits are ordinary euro transfers with no currency conversion anywhere in the chain.
Is P2P lending legal in Germany?
Yes, P2P lending is legal for German investors. German residents invest on the platforms in this ranking like any other EU residents. Germany itself has no P2P-specific framework, and no domestic P2P lending marketplace is open to new private investors as of September 2026. Supervision of the licensed platforms sits with each one's home-country regulator, and the rest are unregulated.
Are these platforms supervised by BaFin?
No, none of these platforms is supervised by BaFin. 11 of the 21 hold a MiFID II or ECSP licence and answer to their home-country regulators, and the rest operate unregulated.
How is P2P lending income taxed in Germany?
German tax residents pay 26.375% on P2P interest in 2026, the 25% flat tax plus the solidarity surcharge, plus church tax where it applies. The first €1,000 of yearly investment income is tax-free under the investor's allowance. Germany taxes the returns from loan claims, notes, crowdfunding loans and savings-style products at that same rate. The platforms in this ranking withhold no German tax, so the income is declared in the annual tax return.
What is the minimum investment from Germany?
€1 at Go & Grow is the lowest minimum investment on this list. 19 of the 21 platforms start at €100 or less, so testing with a small amount is realistic.