Economy

Major bank cracks down on living expenses
28 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

A big four bank will soon require brokers to provide additional information and supporting documents to give an “accurate view” of their clients’ living expenses.

Queensland drags down new home sales
27 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

Sales of new detached houses declined for the second consecutive month during February, although several key markets experienced growth.

UBank sees uplift in completed loan applications through AI
27 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

A new AI-powered assistant that helps customers through the home loan application process has boosted the digibank’s completion rates by 15 per cent, the NAB subsidiary has revealed

ABA to require banks to sign new code of practice
27 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

Retail banks wishing to join the Australian Bankers’ Association will be required to sign up to the new code of practice before becoming a member, the association has revealed.

Reckon Loans passes $10m milestone
27 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

Reckon Loans, the collaboration between cloud accounting firm Reckon and fintech lender Prospa, has broken the $10 million barrier in its first 18 months.

ABA warns of data security integrity for open banking
27 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

Following on from the news that an analytics firm breached data security permissions, the Australian Banking Association is calling for more time to implement the open data regime to address ...

Bank tightening could result in ‘credit crunch’
27 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

Researchers at an investment bank have warned that banks could tighten their income and expenses assessments for mortgage borrowers off the back of the royal commission, which could result ...

Open data will give mortgagors more power: uno
27 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

The shift towards an economy-wide, open data model will provide borrowers with greater insight into the deals that are available to them before approaching brokers or banks, the head of an ...

Major bank shakes up executive team
26 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has announced a series of changes to the bank’s senior executive team, with three people leaving in the coming months as “the bank prepares for its future”

AMP announces resignation of CEO
26 March 2018
mortgagebusiness

AMP has announced that chief executive Craig Meller intends to step down from the role at the end of the calendar year, with the institution commencing a global search to find a ...