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Big four bank sets sights on SME lending
by Reporter • 5 May 2017
Releasing its half-year results for the financial year 2017, the big four bank announced that its business and... READ MORE
Data sharing would lead to ‘better outcomes for customers’
by Reporter • 4 May 2017
Touching on the comprehensive credit reporting (CCR) regime and recommendations by the Productivity Commission for... READ MORE
Eight lenders to take part in refinancing sale
by Reporter • 2 May 2017
According to the website, the 40-hour sale will offer refinancers with a variable mortgage “exclusive deals” and... READ MORE
UniBank appoints new GM
by Reporter • 1 May 2017
Mr Lanzing, who was formerly national corporate sales manager at HCF Australia, has been placed at the helm to... READ MORE
CBA simplifies SME lending contracts
by Reporter • 28 Apr 2017
Following on from the release of the Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman’s Small Business Loans Inquiry... READ MORE
Westpac hikes interest-only rates
by Francesca Krakue • 24 Apr 2017
For one, two and three-year fixed rate loans, rates for owner-occupier interest-only loans will increase by 30 basis... READ MORE
Sedgwick review accused of supporting ‘cartel behaviour’
by James Mitchell • 24 Apr 2017
Following the release of the Sedgwick review Issues Paper in January, Universal Wealth Management director and AFG... READ MORE
Big four bank lifts fixed interest rates
by Reporter • 24 Apr 2017
Commonwealth Bank announced on Friday (21 April) that interest-only loans for investors have risen by up to 50... READ MORE
Commercial lending will give brokers ‘edge’, say broker directors
by staff reporter • 19 Apr 2017
Speaking to the Elite Broker podcast, the Azura Financial directors said that, while they were not yet offering... READ MORE
7 reasons brokers should care about specialist lending
by Peter Ellis • 18 Apr 2017
According to research from Digital Finance Analytics (DFA)*, more than 22 per cent of borrowing households in... READ MORE
Wealth firm launches new home loans subsidiary
by staff reporter • 18 Apr 2017
The subsidiary, to be known as Stanford Brown Home Loans, is the result of a merger between Stanford Brown's mortgage... READ MORE
Major bank increases investor rates
by staff reporter • 13 Apr 2017
New loan accounts for NAB’s fixed investor mortgages have now changed so that 1 year Package Fixed Rate for... READ MORE
Financial planning ‘fantastic way’ to diversify
by Francesca Krakue • 12 Apr 2017
Speaking to The Adviser, YBR general manager – lending Andrew Rasby highlighted that mortgage lending has become... READ MORE
Banking industry commits to changes for small business lending
by Francesca Krakue • 11 Apr 2017
Conducted by independent consultant Philip Khoury, the review of the Code of Banking Practice was completed over... READ MORE
Big four bank announces strategic appointment
by Francesca Krakue • 11 Apr 2017
Sarah Willsallen will join the team at Westpac as the state general manager for consumer third-party distribution in... READ MORE

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