Tagged: societyone

May 23, 2015 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

According to research by Morgan Stanley, peer to peer lending is set to rocket to $22 billion within the next 5 years in Australia.  This is a country with a population of just 24 million.  This highlights the collision path between traditional finance and disruptive… Read More

April 3, 2015 @ 10:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Yodlee Interactive, a unit of Yodlee  which powers financial innovation by providing its APIs to developers, entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 innovators, announced its business has grown significantly in Australia and New Zealand in 2014. This traction demonstrates financial technology as a global burgeoning space, with businesses and… Read More

March 25, 2015 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia based peer to peer lending platform SocietyOne has added to its executive team with the appointment of new Chief Operating Officer Simon Schwarz. The new hire will help position the platform for further growth as the P2P lending industry continues to disrupt traditional banks… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 10:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

SocietyOne, described as Australia’s first and largest peer to peer lending platform, has announced a successful Series B funding round backed by a consortium of big name Australian investors including News Corp. Australia, Consolidated Press Holdings and Australian Capital Equity.  The big name investors include… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

I guess this is a sign of success.  We announced earlier this week that Australian peer to peer lender SocietyOne was going to offer free credit scores on their stand alone site GetCreditScore. The site fired up couple days ago and it has not been… Read More

September 1, 2014 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australia based peer to peer (P2P) lender SocietyOne will start offering credit scores to customers free of charge this week.  SocietyOne is Australia’s only active P2P lender at this time – although competing companies are preparing to enter the market. According to a report in… Read More

December 16, 2013 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

SocietyOne is changing the way loans are funded in Australia.  The company launched their first fully compliant Peer-to-Peer lending platform back in August of 2012.  SocietyOne operates their own proprietary loan management platform called ClearMatch which provides safe and secure online loan applications and document… Read More

August 4, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

It could fund your project, boost our companies, create jobs and maybe even save our entire economy: crowdfunding. Advertised as the go-to digital cash machine if the bank doesn’t get you the money you need, crowdfunding is well on its way to become a major… Read More