Between dealing with in-laws, last-minute shopping trips and the office secret santa, Christmas can be a super stressful time - especially if you’ve got one eye on a dwindling bank balance the whole time.
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SocietyOne posted record amounts of lending in 2017, but those about to tie the knot might be overlooking the potential value of a personal loan, according to a new survey from the peer-to-peer lender.
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The big banks might need to start slashing interest rates if they want to compete in the personal loan market, and ANZ is currently leading the charge.
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There's a quiet revolution going on in the otherwise boring world of banking: thousands of smart Aussies are cutting up their credit cards in favour of personal loans. And for very good reason, which we'll get to in a sec.
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The winners of FinTech Australia’s inaugural Finnie Awards have been announced, with familiar names Afterpay, Ratesetter and SocietyOne among them.
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In the 2017 Budget announcement, Treasurer Scott Morrison announced a 0.06% annual levy on key funding sources for Australia’s major banks - a cost that could be passed on to Aussie borrowers and may drive them toward alternate lending sources.
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The millennial generation may want to give up paying for their avocado on toast with plastic, after new research by peer-to-peer lender, SocietyOne, found that they’re the worst offenders when it comes to credit card mismanagement.
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Australian consumer credit applications have continued their steady rise in the March quarter, with new data showing a 4.6% increase since March 2016 which is largely being fuelled by growth in personal loans.
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The surging popularity of ‘sharing’ services such as Airbnb, Uber and peer-to-peer lender SocietyOne in New South Wales has resulted in a 68% revenue increase in the states’ sharing economy from $1.6 billion in 2014-15 to $2.6 billion in 2015-16.
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