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IMB Bank and Hunter United Employees Credit Union have completed their merger after receiving approval from APRA. read more

First home buyers accounted for close to a third of all new owner occupier mortgage commitments in March, and their representation is growing. read more

The first week of the superannuation early release initiative produced 665,310 applications with members paid a total of A$1.3 billion. read more

Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent Holdings has acquired a 5 per cent stake in buy now pay later specialist Afterpay, raising the prospect of collaboration between the two companies on future projects read more

Westpac will allow customers impacted by COVID-19 to pause credit card interest charges and repayments for three months, comparison site RateCity has reported. read more

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has pushed out the start date for open banking from July to October. Financial institutions required to share product reference data by 1 July now ha.. read more

New Cashwerkz chief executive, Jon Lechte, has hit the ground running, giving an investor presentation on Friday that included a plan to “sprint to make a profit”. read more

Thorn Group has made the closure of its Radio Rentals stores permanent, announcing the business will be an "online presence" in future. read more

Online transactions for FlexiGroup's buy now pay later brand humm grew by 285 per cent during the March quarter - further evidence of the big shift to online sales during COVID-19 social distancing. read more

Athena Home Loans has won a Canstar Innovation Excellence Award for its "automatic rate-match" feature, which re-sets rates for existing customers if a lower rate is offered to new borrowers. read more