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‘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

First-time home buyers struggling with mortgages: report

by Julianne Leybag • 18 Jul 2017
The results of non-bank lender Homeloans’ Homebuyer Barometer shows that a total of 38 per cent of survey... READ MORE

Service: The driving force behind white-label loans

by Advantedge • 14 Jul 2017
In a competitive market, brokers strive to deliver the highest level of service to their customers to stand out from... READ MORE

Major banks trial blockchain for commercial property

by Reporter • 14 Jul 2017
Bank guarantees — unconditional and independent undertakings by a bank, on behalf of its customer, to pay a named... READ MORE
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