FINANCIAL REVIEW – Oct 7 – ~57% of men say credit scores play into dating decisions, compared with 75% of women, a US survey has found. That social dilemma is about to hit Australia. Credit ratings agency and data analytics group Veda launched its personal credit score system this week, which will allow customers to access and manage their own credit rating.
by Jemima Whyte
See full article at Financial Review
Mark Brooks: Credit ratings show two things. Ability to pay, and willingness to pay.
Both of which are useful morsels of information for daters. Behaviors
give a clear indication of people's characteristics. So it makes sense
credit ratings be incorporated into iDating. Hugely controversial, but
sensible. The only format that would work is to allow iDating users to
opt-in to showing off their shiny gold standard credit ratings.