SME - The Adviser

Tuesday, 17 Apr 2018

Online small business lending is growing by 79 per cent and could hit $2 billion by 2020, according to OnDeck. ...

11:25 AM, 13 Apr 2018

Allegations of impropriety and heavy-handedness by the Australian Taxation Office on small and medium-sized enterprises have led to calls for an overhaul of how the ATO deals with SMEs when chasing...

09:17 AM, 13 Apr 2018

Standard & Poor’s has provided its highest credit rating to $658.5 million of La Trobe Financial’s sixth residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issue. ...

09:00 AM, 13 Apr 2018

An SME lender has announced that it has provided over $300 million in funding to small business borrowers. ...

06:00 AM, 13 Apr 2018

John Kolyvas, national sales manager – commercial at ING, tells The Adviser why mortgage brokers should look to diversify into commercial broking. ...

10:47 AM, 6 Apr 2018

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman has commenced a formal inquiry into improving access to capital for SMEs. ...

10:40 AM, 6 Apr 2018

As some banks seek to reduce broker flows, a new SME-focused lender has emphasised that its proposition is “purpose-built” for brokers and SMEs. ...

comprehensive credit reporting, business data

10:32 AM, 6 Apr 2018

The CEO of small business lender OnDeck has said that he hopes comprehensive credit reporting could be extended to cover businesses as well as active consumer accounts. ...

09:30 AM, 6 Apr 2018

The regulator has released a report outlining progress in its efforts to better assist, engage and protect small businesses, which included its investigation on unfair contract terms for SME loans....

07:40 AM, 3 Apr 2018

Small businesses lender OnDeck has joined the aggregator’s panel of lenders, enabling brokers to access its unsecured business loans. ...

10:51 AM, 23 Mar 2018

It has been revealed that the major bank ceased business with approximately 500 brokers after they “pushed back” on a requirement to undertake an asset finance test. ...

09:59 AM, 23 Mar 2018

The ranking of the top commercial brokers in Australia is now open for submissions. ...

09:52 AM, 23 Mar 2018

The major bank has admitted to the royal commission that it did not undertake verification checks for loan applications submitted by car dealers. ...

09:24 AM, 23 Mar 2018

Several lending innovators have been honoured at the second annual Fintech Business Awards. ...

Brokers ‘in the box seat’ for SME opportunities

10:35 AM, 16 Mar 2018

The latest Scottish Pacific SME Growth Index shows that SME owners are optimistic about revenue growth, had improved cash flow in 2017 and are increasingly looking at non-bank lending opti...