Stronger SMEs, stronger societies

U Mobile and Funding Societies join forces to offer P2P Business Financing for SMEs via the newly launched app GoBiz

UMOBILE, the data-centric and award-winning telco, has announced its partnership with Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform, to offer business financing solutions for Malaysian micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as small office/home office (SOHO) customers via its digital payment acceptance solution GoBiz.

By collaborating with Funding Societies, U Mobile aims to empower local micro, SMEs, as well as SOHO Malaysia business owners to address a common need of growing businesses, which is the lack of working capital to expand the business.

By accessing GoBiz’s website (www.gobiz.com.my), U Mobile and GoBiz customers will be able to access Funding Societies’ P2P financing assistance platform which will enable them to increase their revenue growth, bridge short-term liquidity gaps as well as overcome seasonal revenue fluctuations, especially during this challenging economic period.

There is also flexibility in terms of loan range as Funding Societies is able to offer loans from RM3,000 to RM1 million.

The application is extremely seamless as applicants may carry out the entire process online via the GoBiz website. On top of that, applicants who are U Mobile or GoBiz customers will not need to provide a collateral or retention sum.

Applicants will also receive rapid notification of their application status within just two working days upon full submission of documents. GoBiz customers have the added ease of not having to provide additional documents to prove income if they have at least six months of active monthly transactions with GoBiz.

U Mobile chief marketing officer Jasmine Lee shared that this partnership with Funding Societies is aligned with U Mobile’s commitment to unleash the unlimited potential of their customers.

She said: “Through U Mobile’s collaboration with Funding Societies, we will be making business financing accessible to micro, SMEs and SOHO Malaysian business owners. This is particularly beneficial for businesses who are finding it hard to secure a conventional bank loan. The new service is also extremely seamless and convenient as the entire process will be conducted online via our GoBiz website and it takes less than a minute.

“We hope this service will also help SMEs and SOHO Malaysian business owners become less bogged down by admin, and have more time and resources to grow their business.”

Funding Societies Malaysia cofounder and chief executive officer Wong Kah Meng highlighted how digital financing has been gaining traction in recent years, with P2P financing helping to narrow the SME funding gap by providing an attractive source of capital for local SMEs to fund business expansions and meet other financial requirements.

He said: “Whilst SMEs play an instrumental role in contributing to our nation’s economy, a large number of SMEs are still underserved by traditional financial institutions. Our mission is therefore to help these SMEs to grow through business financing.

“Our partnership with U Mobile will enable their customers to gain greater access to a variety of financing options via the GoBiz platform. This is made possible by leveraging on our proprietary technology infrastructure to seamlessly connect with U Mobile, thereby digitising and simplifying the application process by SMEs, leading to greater access to financing. Through this partnership, we will be able to provide greater opportunities for under-served businesses to obtain our tailor-made financing products to support their business financing needs.”

Eligible businesses that submit their applications via the GoBiz platform will be able to enjoy the following benefits from Funding Societies:

Financing amount of up to RM100,000 for Micro Financing, and up to RM1 million for Business Term Financing

Fast disbursement with approval as fast as within two working days Flexible tenure between three to 18 months

Minimal documentation requirement

Retention sum requirement waived

Competitive interest rates No collateral requirement.