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Consumer confidence has slumped into its roughest patch since the 1990s, as high interest rates and living costs weigh on households.

Commissioner Kate O’Rourke has been confirmed as a headline speaker for the upcoming Women in Finance Summit 2026, anchoring a powerhouse line-up of industry leaders, corporate executives ...

Australia’s economic debate is focused too heavily on political blame, while deeper structural problems go unaddressed. Accendo Financial partner Trent Carter explores why productivity, ...

The 5 per cent Deposit Scheme has ticked past 100,000 buyers since its expansion one year ago, but the issues facing first home buyers are far from solved.

New research has highlighted the impact of factors beyond salary and deposit size that can affect an individual’s borrowing power.

AUSTRAC has begun issuing infringement notices under its new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, amid ongoing uncertainty over whether brokers will be subject to the ...

Victorian Mortgage Group has made ApplyOnline its exclusive channel for new loan applications, bringing its broker lending process onto a single digital platform powered by NextGen.

Suncorp Bank has announced that it will stop accepting new applications from next week, as preparations continue for its transition to the Australia New Zealand Banking Group.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has recorded the largest increase in business lending among the major banks in August, as loans to non-financial businesses climbed by almost $10 billion ...

A new code setting standards for non-bank lenders and finance providers has come into effect, introducing stronger expectations around customer protection, financial hardship and scam ...

Non-bank lender Granite has launched a new 40-year home loan for owner-occupiers and investors, alongside a range of other rate and policy changes.

Lenders have continued to refine their policies this week, with changes spanning commercial lending, income verification and refinance eligibility. Here’s what brokers need to know.

A new Senate report has found that younger Australians are being increasingly locked out of home ownership, as the generational divide in the nation’s housing market continues to widen.

Home owners in Australia’s capital cities have felt the sting of the national property downturn, with the vast majority of values declining in the recent quarter, according to recent data

A former Queensland property developer has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for aggravated fraud after pleading guilty to dishonestly applying more than $2.2 million in investor ...