Economy

Customers happier with digital banking experience
23 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

According to a new survey, customer satisfaction with digital banking services has improved significantly over the last 12 months.

AMP introduces additional expense requirements
22 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

Mortgagors will soon be required to provide brokers with supporting documentation about their living expenses when applying for a loan from AMP Bank.

RBA has no target for house prices, says Lowe
22 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

The RBA has joined APRA in stressing its indifference towards house prices, despite flagging risks in the property market and making repeated warnings about high levels of household debt.

Benchmark goes into liquidation
22 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

Five companies under the banner of Benchmark Private Wealth, which operates under the credit licence of aggregator Outsource Financial, have entered liquidation.

Customers ‘misled’ on home building insurance
22 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

Insurance giant AAMI, part of the Suncorp Group, has paid $43,200 in penalties for making “false or misleading statements” in several of its adverts for home insurance.

‘There is no banking inquiry bill’, says Leader of the House
22 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

The Leader of the House has dismissed insinuations that the government is trying to avoid a banking inquiry by cancelling next week’s parliamentary sitting, adding that “there is no bill to ...

APRA is ‘uncomfortable’ about supervising non-banks
22 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

The chairman of the prudential regulator has suggested that the body is “uncomfortable at the thought of APRA supervising non-ADIs” and is “not seeking to expand [its] supervisory remit” ...

Housing market is ‘oversupplied’: ANU
21 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

A new study by the Australian National University has stated that, despite reports of a housing shortage, there remains an oversupply of dwellings in Australia.

RBA: Australian banks could ‘survive a deep recession’
21 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

Banks in Australia ‘have sufficient capital to survive a deep recession and a collapse in the housing market’, according to the head of financial stability at the Reserve Bank of Australia

Gender pay gap in financial services closing
20 November 2017
mortgagebusiness

The pay gap between men and women working in financial services is closing but remains the largest in the country, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.