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Heartland Group has completed its acquisition of StockCo Australia, marking its entry into the local rural finance market. read more

Buy now pay later company Laybuy has appointed adviser NOR Capital to help it work through options to put its business on a more secure footing, as it reports mounting losses and questions about its a.. read more

Smartpay’s decision to double its marketing budget, using digital and social media channels for lead generation in Australia, has paid dividends for the payment terminal operator, which reported stron.. read more

Brokers continue to grow their share of the mortgage market, writing 69.5 per cent of all new residential housing loans in the March quarter. read more

The humm group board has followed up the release earlier this month of an explanatory booklet detailing the proposed sale of its consumer finance business to Latitude Financial Services, issuing a sta.. read more

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has finalised a new funding model that will result in significant number of its members paying lower fees under a user-pays approach.  read more

More Australian households are renting and the cost of renting is rising faster than the cost of owning, according to new Australian Bureau of Statistics figures. read more

Buy now pay later consumer web traffic has been moderating since the middle of last year and turned negative in March, according to new research. read more

When the Reserve Bank increased the cash rate target to 35 basis points earlier this month, the interbank overnight cash rate rose to 31 bps in response and that is where it has stayed. read more

Resimac’s latest issue of residential mortgage-backed securities includes a “social bond” that will be used to provide loans to first home buyers in under-served communities. read more