Tagged: news corp

Australian’s SocietyOne Hits $200M in Applications, Targeting Bank Customers with Competitive Risk-based Pricing

SocietyOne co-founder Matt Symons said yesterday there was a strong correlation between the lender’s $200 million in loan ­applications and traffic on the get­creditscore.com website — a partnership with the nation’s leading credit bureau, Veda, reported The Australian‘s Richard Gluyas. More than 75,000 people have used the… Read More

P2P Lender SocietyOne Hires Simon Schwarz as New COO as Firm Grows

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

Aussie P2P Lender SocietyOne Closes Series B, Gets Backing from News Corp & Consolidated Press

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