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 Iceland: 21 Best Platforms Ranked (2026)
P2P lending in Iceland works through Europe's cross-border platforms. 18 of the 21 platforms in this ranking accept Icelandic 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 Iceland
18 of the 21 P2P lending platforms in this ranking accept investors from Iceland. 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
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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 Iceland
Iceland has no domestic P2P lending platforms as of September 2026. Icelandic investors lend through the EU’s cross-border platforms instead, under home-country rules. The three strongest in our ranking are Mintos, Go & Grow, and VIAINVEST.
Two Icelandic platforms fall short of the label from opposite ends. Uppspretta launched in 2009 to fund startups with microloans, and its domain now redirects to a dead page. Karolina Fund is the one still standing — a Reykjavík crowdfunding platform funding creative and social projects, where backers pledge for rewards rather than lend for interest.
Euros and exchange risk
The platforms in this ranking operate in euros. None offers króna accounts. Funding an account is a euro bank transfer. Icelandic banks send SEPA payments in euros, or a multi-currency account converts your krónur first.
Returns arrive in euros too, so a króna-based investor carries ISK/EUR exchange exposure on top of platform risk. That cuts both ways over a holding period — the euro returns shown in this ranking aren't what you'll measure in krónur. The króna itself is the world's smallest independently floating currency, per the Central Bank of Iceland's own description.
Regulation in Iceland
Iceland 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 both regimes reach Iceland through the EEA Agreement, so the licence passport covers Icelandic investors too. The crowdfunding regime is the newer arrival — Iceland gave the EU crowdfunding regulation legal force on 1 July 2026. The Central Bank of Iceland, which absorbed the Financial Supervisory Authority in 2020, licenses none of the platforms in this ranking.
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 Iceland
Icelandic tax residents pay 22% capital income tax on interest, and no tax is calculated on the first ISK 300,000 of a person’s interest per year, an allowance shared with dividends and gains on listed shares. Currency gains on a loan in euros count as interest too, while currency losses can’t be deducted. The exemption applies in the final assessment rather than at source, so platform earnings go in the annual tax return and the allowance comes off there.
13 of the 21 platforms in this ranking withhold nothing at their end, which leaves the declaring to you. Where tax is withheld abroad, by a platform or by a borrower or loan originator in its own country, Iceland relieves the double taxation by the method the treaty with that country sets. The per-platform withholding row sits in each review’s fee table.
Savings-style products that pay their return as the price at which they buy back the loan claims you hold may be taxed differently, so check that treatment with Skatturinn or an adviser.
Frequently asked questions
Can Icelandic investors use these P2P platforms?
18 of the 21 platforms in this ranking state terms that accept investors from Iceland. Robocash and Lendermarket state rules that don't cover Iceland, and InRento publishes no rule that covers Iceland, so eligibility shows at signup.
Can I invest in Icelandic krónur (ISK)?
No, the platforms in this ranking operate in euros, with no króna accounts. Króna investors convert on the way in and carry the ISK/EUR exchange rate on top of platform risk.
Is P2P lending legal in Iceland?
Yes, P2P lending is legal for Icelandic investors. Iceland has no licensing framework of its own beyond the EU crowdfunding regime it wrote into law in 2026, and no domestic P2P lending platforms as of September 2026. The licensed platforms in this ranking answer to their home-country regulators under EU rules that reach Iceland through the EEA Agreement, and the rest are unregulated.
Are these platforms supervised by the Central Bank of Iceland?
No, none of these platforms is supervised by the Central Bank of Iceland. 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 Iceland?
Icelandic tax residents pay 22% capital income tax on P2P interest, with the first ISK 300,000 of total interest per year tax-free in the final assessment. The earnings go in the annual tax return, and 13 of the 21 platforms in this ranking withhold no tax themselves.
What is the minimum investment from Iceland?
€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.