• Executive Magazine profiles TransferWise and talks Middle East expansion.

• Reference Data Review takes a look at Fenergo's efforts to make compliance easier and more efficient.

• ACI Worldwide announces Universal Payments Platform.

• TransferWise wins Estonia's "Best E-Service" contest.

• Joe Brancucci, CEO of GTE Financial joins Mortgage Harmony Advisory Board.

• Keith Kelly, Mortgage Harmony CEO, awarded a Tech All-Star Award by Mortgage Banking Magazine. Check out Mortgage Harmony's live demo at FinovateSpring.

• Ping Identity named 2013 Top Workplace by The Denver Post for second consecutive year.

• SecureKey named Top Growth Company in 2013 Branham300 list of Top 10 Growth Companies.

• Global Security Services Company selects Kofax to automate accounts payable operations in Latin America. Check out Kofax at FinovateSpring.

• SocietyOne introduces new fee structure.

• ProfitStars wins 2013 Payments System Awards from NACHA - the Electronic Payments Association.

• ACI Worldwide's Architech Mobile Banking provides PFM, integrated bill payment and account-to-account transfers to iOS, Android smartphones.

• Azimo wins SWIFT Innotribe challenge; advances to finals at Sibos 2013 in Dubai.

• peerTransfer now serving more than 300 colleges and universities, has partnered with 48 new educational institutions during the first quarter of 2013.

• Zooz closes $2 million Series A round led by XSeed Capital. See Zooz in action at FinovateSpring in May.

• GeoComply and Locaid team up to bring geolocation services to mobile and Internet gaming industry. See Locaid demo at FinovateSpring in May.

• Innov8social interviews Julia Streuli, head of communications for Bright Funds. Join Bright Funds in San Francisco for FinovateSpring.

• TechCrunch reports: PayPal separates developer platform from X.commerce, launches Simpler mobile APIs.

• Springwise considers the open source nature of TESOBE's OpenBankProject.

• Pindrop Security named the Best Rookie Security Company at the 2013 SC Awards.

• Servant of Chaos reports: SocietyOne eyes off disruption in personal lending.

• Intuit Small Business blog lists Mint and Expensify as 2 of 4 apps to help manage your small business.

• UK Wired Magazine reports BehavioSec invents alternative to passwords using biometric fingerprints.

• Edison Investment Research publishes report covering Virtual Piggy.

• Founder and CEO of Fuze Network, Dave Wilkes, to speak at the 2013 BAI Payments Connect Conference & Expo.

• Lend Acadamey reports: SocietyOne May Be the Most Innovative P2P Lender on the Planet.

• American Banker reports: Experian providing prepaid card service provider Cardplatforms with its global authentication services.

• ValidSoft's Secure Mobile Architecture for Real-time Transactions selected to be an integral element in Spindle's payment acceptance service.

• Cortera's Pulse is winner of the 2013 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Business Information Solution.

• SumUp partners with blue solution software to integrate API into Top Reparatur.  See them demo at FinovateEurope next week.

• Acculynk's PayLeap reaches strategic agreement with Spindle to integrate platforms.

• IgniteSales reports 100% revenue growth for 2012.

SocietyOne, a FinovateAsia Best of Show winner, announced last week that it has reached $1 million in loan originations on its P2P lending platform, ClearMatch.

The Australia-based startup launched the ClearMatch platform, which allows investors to bid together at different interest rates and amounts against a single loan, six months ago in August of 2012.

In the six months since its launch:

• Has originated over $1.1 million in loans
• Borrowers faced an average interest rate of 14.4%
• Investors earned average interest rate of 11.3% per annum
• Investors have received $15,600 in interest payments

The following graph charts the growth of the loan amount originated since its inception.

For comparison, SocietyOne charted the growth of LendingClub's originations over time.

Matt Symons, SocietyOne CEO, states that he plans to replicate the success of Lending Club in Australia.

To check out SocietyOne's award-winning platform, watch its FinovateAsia 2012 demo.

"SocietyOne is launching a smartphone loan application channel solution that simplifies the process of applying for a loan and minimizes manual data entry requirements by leveraging the customer's third party data. ClearMatch's credit decision engine is being enhanced to cater for new metrics and behavioral attributes of consumers in the loan provisioning and pricing process."