Sarah Buckley

Pepper enters Japanese market

The non-bank lender is set to enter into the Japanese loan market after acquiring a Japanese loan services company.

LENDER • Tue, 12 Jan 2021

Plenti records $1bn Aussie fintech ‘first’

Plenti has achieved record ‘firsts’ for an Aussie fintech consumer lender, despite COVID affecting personal loans.

PROPERTY • Tue, 12 Jan 2021

Plenti reports record loan originations

The non-bank lender has marked its sixth month of record loan originations, after reporting strong automotive lending growth in December.

LENDER • Tue, 12 Jan 2021

RWF debt facility secures greater capabilities

Yellow Brick Road’s joint venture with Magnetar, Resi Wholesale Funding, has secured a limit increase and availability extension of its debt facility.

LENDER • Mon, 11 Jan 2021

Aussies prioritise ‘building up rainy day savings’

‘Rainy day savings’ and ‘saving enough to buy a property to live in’ are among the top financial goals for 2021, a new survey has found.

ECONOMY • Mon, 11 Jan 2021

Non-major expects buying ‘frenzy’ in early 2021

Record-low interest rates and a rush demand may result in a buying “frenzy” this year, according to ME Bank’s head of home loans.

LENDER • Sun, 03 Jan 2021

‘First time in history’: RBA’s first gender-balanced board

Two more women have been appointed to the RBA’s board, making it “gender-balanced for the first time in history”, according to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

LENDER • Tue, 29 Dec 2020

Fintech lender updates credit decisioning tech

A personal loans lender has upgraded its credit decisioning technology as it moves to grow its “lending as a service” solution.

LENDER • Wed, 23 Dec 2020

COVID-19-hit employees increasingly relying on personal debt

The pandemic has forced more working Australians to rely on personal credit to cover expenses and debt, new research from AMP has shown.

ECONOMY • Tue, 22 Dec 2020