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Mortgage industry forum preparing policy solutions
by Reporter • 4 Sep 2017
The mortgage industry forum is composed of the Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA), Finance Brokers Association... READ MORE
Challenger bank working on commercial turnaround times
by Reporter • 1 Sep 2017
Speaking at ING DIRECT’s broker roadshow in Sydney last week, Adriana Sheedy, ING DIRECT’s executive director of... READ MORE
Loan Market challenges borrowers’ ‘blind loyalty’ to banks
by Lucy Dean • 30 Aug 2017
Peter Camphin, Queensland state director of Loan Market, told The Adviser that rural borrowers often have... READ MORE
‘Limited’ recourse for borrowers once mortgage discharged
by Lucy Dean • 29 Aug 2017
In the recent case Australian Securities Ltd v Borina Pty Ltd, the Supreme Court found that after borrowers have paid... READ MORE
Major banks abolish unfair SME contract terms
by Lucy Dean • 24 Aug 2017
The agreement was made with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Family Enterprise... READ MORE
More investors sacrificing lifestyle to buy property
by Julianne Leybag • 16 Aug 2017
According to Mortgage Choice’s Investor Survey, 71 per cent of property investors had to make lifestyle sacrifices... READ MORE
Australia Post 'excited' about the mortgages market
by Reporter • 16 Aug 2017
Following the announcement that credit union CUA had become the first lender to trial Australia Post’s new digital... READ MORE
'We have done enough' on mortgage curbs, says RBA
by James Mitchell • 11 Aug 2017
Addressing questions at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Melbourne on 11 August, RBA... READ MORE
Asian banks lead foreign share of business loan approvals
by Lucy Dean • 11 Aug 2017
In its statement on monetary policy for the June 2017 quarter, the RBA noted that the major banks’ share of new... READ MORE
Commercial funder banking on ‘old-fashioned’ service
by James Mitchell • 4 Aug 2017
For more than a decade, Equity-One has kept its core product “intentionally simple”, said founder and managing... READ MORE
Westpac cracks down on borrower expenses
by Lucy Dean • 1 Aug 2017
The revised approval procedure is backdated to include all applications submitted from 7 July 2017 and will apply to... READ MORE
New LIXI CEO focuses on 'democratising' mortgage processing
by Reporter • 27 Jul 2017
LIXI is a not-for-profit company that develops data message transaction standards for the Australian lending... READ MORE
CommSec founder buys into HashChing, joins board
by Staff reporter • 25 Jul 2017
Mr Rickard is the founding managing director of CommSec and was previously a senior executive and CIO of Commonwealth... READ MORE
Bankwest to lift rates for existing borrowers
by James Mitchell • 24 Jul 2017
In a note to brokers late on Friday, Bankwest announced that for customers with existing interest-only loans, the... READ MORE
Vast majority of businesses use online banking
by Lucy Dean • 21 Jul 2017
The data, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on 20 July, reveals that 87.5 per cent of businesses use... READ MORE

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