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. Overhauled on 1 October 2025, the scheme was ...

After receiving a record number of submissions from Australia’s commercial and asset finance sectors, the finalists for the third annual Commercial Finance Awards have been announced. Momentum Media, ...

A brokerage director and his affiliated companies have been ordered to pay more than $470,000 in penalties over the exploitation of migrant workers and other workplace law breaches. The Federal ...

Rising diesel prices, persistent late payments and the introduction of Payday Super are creating working capital pressures across the transport and logistics sector. Small businesses in the transport ...

Business conditions have fallen into negative territory for the first time since the pandemic, according to National Australia Bank’s long-running survey. National Australia Bank’s (NAB) Business ...

If plans proceed, the mutuals’ members will vote on the proposal in the first half of 2027. P&N Group – which operates P&N Bank in Western Australia and BCU Bank in northern NSW and South-East ...

Business lending has emerged as the standout performer in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s full-year results, growing almost twice as fast as home lending over the past year. The Commonwealth Bank ...

CRM platform Salestrekker has launched a new AI-powered tool designed to audit loan files in real time at the point of lodgement. Audit AI is the latest addition to the Salestrekker 2.0 AI suite, ...

Fintech and asset finance brokerage LoanOptions.ai has entered the novated leasing space with the launch of a new business division. The new business unit will allow the company to support small and ...

Australian lenders are increasingly putting AI to work in credit and fraud underwriting, but few have implemented data systems that can keep up, a new report has found. According to the latest ...

Working capital is becoming increasingly important for SMEs. This week’s Spotlight explores how changing cash flow pressures are reshaping the funding needs of businesses and the opportunity for ...

Sydney-based non-bank lender Loanworks Lending has completed its largest residential mortgage-backed securities transaction to date, raising $850 million as it looks to continue expanding its funding ...