How to protect your business and your customers from scams
15/11/2021
When you pay a supplier or service provider, are you certain you're paying the right account? You've got to be super careful these days, as scammers are compromising inboxes and requesting payments...
Open banking is ramping up, so how are lenders using your data?
11/11/2021
Open banking is here and it's charging full steam ahead. So just how are lenders and fintechs using your shared data in this brave, new, data-fuelled world? A new report has shed some interesting...
Wheels in motion: RBA paves the way for early cash rate rise
04/11/2021
Mortgage holders are facing a sooner-than-expected cash rate rise after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) revised its outlook due to the economy bouncing back strongly from the Delta outbreak. So...
Netflix and too chill: house hunters cutting corners on inspections
28/10/2021
More than half of Australian house hunters spend the same amount of time inspecting a property as they do watching an episode on Netflix, according to new research. We get it. You see a house...
Are you relying on a personal credit card for business expenses?
25/10/2021
We've all been guilty of the odd credit card mix-up from time to time - it happens! But if you're consistently relying on a personal credit card to pay your business expenses - like 4-in-10 SME owners...
Seismic shift: two major banks hike fixed interest rates
21/10/2021
Are the days of ultra-low fixed interest rates over? It's looking increasingly so, with two major banks increasing their fixed rates this week. So if you've been thinking about fixing your mortgage...
How 1-in-10 first home buyers cracked the market 4 years sooner
14/10/2021
Almost 33,000 Australians bought their first home four years sooner thanks to two federal government schemes that give first home buyers a leg up into the property market. Could you, or someone you...
Bar raised for borrowers: tougher home loan serviceability tests
07/10/2021
Some borrowers will soon find it harder to get a mortgage after the banking regulator announced tougher serviceability tests for home loans. So who will they impact most? The Australian...
Is a home loan lending crackdown on the horizon?
30/09/2021
The federal treasurer has given the strongest indication yet that a home loan crackdown is coming, stating that "carefully targeted and timely adjustments" may be necessary to avoid troubled waters....
Top 5 property investor trends for 2021-22
23/09/2021
With house prices going gangbusters in the first half of 2021, is it still a good time to buy property? The majority of investors think so, according to the latest annual survey. And investors have...
