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The mutual now behind Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent has completed a migration of its core banking ecosystem to the cloud, decommissioning around 30 per cent of its technology estate

Loan Market Group has plugged its asset finance CRM into artificial intelligence, opening the door for brokers to work through conversational prompts rather than manual data entry.

Suncorp Bank borrowers could face higher minimum mortgage repayments and lose access to multiple offset accounts as the lender’s migration to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group reshapes ...

Non-bank lender Firstmac is stepping beyond its prime-lending roots with the launch of a new alt-doc lending proposition for self-employed borrowers.

More than one in four Australians have avoided applying for a financial product because they feared damaging their credit score, prompting calls for reforms to modernise the country’s ...

From bridging loans to alt-doc launches, there’s been a range of significant launches and adjustments from lenders in the market this week. Here’s what you need to know.

Australia’s mortgage broking industry could learn from overseas approaches to remuneration, professional standards and customer relationships, with a new report from the MFAA identifying key ...

Bank Australia has launched a new personal loan to help customers finance home electrification and energy-efficiency upgrades, including rooftop solar, household batteries and replacing gas ...

Almost half of Australian small businesses plan to raise prices following the introduction of the card surcharge ban, with two-thirds expecting the changes to increase their operating costs, ...

As mortgage demand slows, brokers have flagged a re-emergence in cashback incentives through direct lender channels, warning the trend could skew competition and undermine borrower outcomes

A Sunshine Coast broker has written a book to help young Australians navigate everything from their first payslip to buying a home.

The Supreme Court of Queensland has ruled that a default interest clause in a $395,000 short-term bridging loan was an unenforceable penalty, finding the rate was “out of all proportion” to ...

First home buyers are rethinking their path to property, with more turning to apartments, regional areas and unconventional ways to get on the ladder, according to Commonwealth Bank of ...

Asset finance demand has shown signs of recovery after several months of decline, with businesses beginning to reconsider equipment upgrades despite ongoing economic uncertainty.

One Nation has pledged to reverse Labor’s changes to the capital gains tax discount and retain negative gearing benefits for up to two investment properties if elected at the next federal ...