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Is mortgage fraud still a threat in Australia's lending landscape?
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (464+ words) Mortgage frauds keep stacking up across Australia's lending landscape. The news comes off the back of reports this past fall that mortgage fraud was accelerating in Australia's lending market, putting brokers and lenders on alert, and prompting many to take…...
Changing of the guard across Australia's lending and broking landscape
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (487+ words) This year is becoming a year of leadership transitions in Australia's broking ecosystem. Boutique lender Bank of Sydney also rearranged its executive leadership team recently when it appointed Sam Tomaras as chief retail banking officer and Hisham Nakkash as chief…...
Prospa taps Ubank's chief operating officer
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (358+ words) For Azar, the immediate priority is not to arrive with a predetermined playbook, but to understand how Prospa operates today and where there is an opportunity to make the lending journey simpler and more efficient. "I'm just really excited to…...
Business confidence and conditions tumble, spelling trouble for borrowers
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (323+ words) Six years of positive readings came to an end in August, with Australian business conditions falling into the red for the first time since 2020. Profitability and trading conditions did most of the damage, according to the NAB Monthly Business Survey:…...
Bank of Sydney splits banking division, appoints dual chief officers
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (189+ words) Bank of Sydney has restructured its executive leadership, appointing Sam Tomaras (pictured left) as chief retail banking officer and Hisham Nakkash (pictured right) as chief business banking officer, splitting oversight of its banking divisions into two dedicated roles. The appointments…...
Consumer sentiment slumps as two in three brace for mortgage rate rise
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (472+ words) Australian consumer confidence has taken its sharpest knock in months, with fresh Westpac-Melbourne Institute data revealing sentiment has fallen back towards levels last seen at the depths of this year's downturn — a shift brokers should be prepared to discuss with…...
1.2 million Suncorp customers set to move to ANZ by 2027
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (414+ words) Suncorp Bank has begun writing to its 1.2 million customers, brokers, and aggregators about their move to ANZ, marking the first formal step in a transition that will see all Suncorp Bank accounts, products, and digital platforms shift onto ANZ's systems…...
Lenders are chasing investors with some new tricks
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (769+ words) Lenders are looking for creative ways to entice investors back into the market, even as the rules change. It’s a shift that comes as investors face a changing regulatory landscape. This past autumn, the new federal budget sent ripples through…...
APRA slaps ING with capital add-on over liquidity failures
1+ week, 3+ day ago (273+ words) ING notified the regulator in July that it had found material miscalculations stretching back several years, which had significantly overstated its liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) — a key measure of a bank's ability to withstand short-term cash outflows. While the bank…...
Rate cuts stall as lenders turn hawkish on mortgage pricing
1+ week, 6+ day ago (365+ words) After months dominated by new customer rate cuts, the mortgage market showed signs of turning last week, according to Canstar's latest weekly rate wrap-up. Just two lenders cut a combined seven owner-occupier and investor variable rates, trimming them by an…...