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Lender invests $100k in fintech start-up
by Francesca Krakue • 14 Feb 2017
After hosting a two-day hackathon in December, which saw 20 entrepreneurs from different sectors come up with... READ MORE
Non-major bank lifts rates
by Reporter • 10 Feb 2017
From today, Auswide Bank's reference rates for existing owner-occupied home loans will increase by 10 basis points,... READ MORE
Lender embraces digital mortgage distribution
by James Mitchell • 10 Feb 2017
Gateway Credit Union has today announced a partnership with start-up online mortgage finance platform LoanDolphin in... READ MORE
3 years’ jail for former Westpac home loan manager
by James Mitchell • 10 Feb 2017
Following an ASIC investigation, David St Pierre, a former Westpac home finance manager, has been sentenced in the... READ MORE
Major bank halts investor refinancing
by Reporter • 9 Feb 2017
Commonwealth Bank has told mortgage brokers that from Monday, 13 February, it will not be accepting new investor... READ MORE
Major bank subsidiary pulls investor lending deals
by Reporter • 8 Feb 2017
A Bankwest spokesperson told The Adviser's sister title Mortgage Business that the change impacts “a very small... READ MORE
Banking code to change following government report
by Reporter • 7 Feb 2017
A report into small business lending practices, released by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise... READ MORE
Banks ‘on notice’ over SME loans
by James Mitchell • 6 Feb 2017
An inquiry into small business loans by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) Kate... READ MORE
Most Aussies feel like ‘just a number’ with big banks
by Francesca Krakue • 3 Feb 2017
The survey, which was conducted by Galaxy Research for non-bank lender State Custodians Home Loans, asked 1,005... READ MORE
Major bank offers fee waiver for first year mortgages
by Reporter • 2 Feb 2017
NAB has said that brokers will be able to continue to offer their customers $1,500 cash back on NAB home loan... READ MORE
Lender explains decision to ‘steer away’ from brokers
by James Mitchell • 2 Feb 2017
At a media roundtable in Sydney yesterday, SocietyOne co-founder Greg Symons and CEO Jason Yetton outlined an... READ MORE
Non-banks continue to have lowest mortgage arrears
by James Mitchell • 1 Feb 2017
Prime mortgage arrears were up 25 per cent from a year earlier, but remain relatively low. A total of 1.15 per cent... READ MORE
Non-bank launches new investor mortgage offering
by James Mitchell • 31 Jan 2017
Firstmac has this week launched an investor package that extends its owner-occupier rate, starting at 3.79 per cent,... READ MORE
Banks will use Sedgwick review ‘to remove or change payments’
by Reporter • 31 Jan 2017
The Sedgwick review was commissioned by the ABA as part of a reform plan announced in April 2016, which aims to... READ MORE
Major bank donates $50,000 to Bourke Street Fund
by Reporter • 30 Jan 2017
On 20 January 2017, a man drove his car into crowds at Melbourne’s Bourke Street mall area, killing five people and... READ MORE

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