Economy

A Mortgage Business poll has found accountants are the strongest referral partners among five key professions in the financial services industry.

APRA chairman Wayne Byres has revealed that the prudential regulator is adopting a ‘focused and intensive’ approach to concerns with the culture of Australia’s banks.

One of the industry's most prominent groups has teamed up with a global business intelligence company to provide customers free access to their credit score.

Recent analysis of Interim Finance’s portfolio has revealed a 220 per cent increase in construction loans from the previous financial year. This significant jump can be attributed to a ...

AMP Bank has named industry veteran Laurie Duffus as its new state manager for third-party distribution across Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

The Reserve Bank has admitted that the official cash rate is a ‘blunt tool’ and that monetary policy guides the economy ‘imprecisely’.

With regulatory changes looming, Veda and Deloitte hosted 30 Australian organisations at an anti-money laundering compliance forum last week to discuss collaboration across multiple ...

A NSW man will stand trial for fraud following an ASIC investigation that found the former company director had advised investors to set up SMSFs for property investment.

The man behind a collapsed financial services group that offered mortgage broking and property investment advice has been banned by the corporate regulator from providing financial services ...

A new online lending platform has revealed plans to pay mortgage brokers up to 75 basis points for helping the group target growing SMEs that can no longer receive funding from the majors.