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Macquarie Group is looking for new markets in asset finance to fill out a portfolio that already includes, motor vehicles, rail, aircraft, helicopters, technology and energy and mining equipment. read more

Macquarie Group is in the process of hiring 400 staff to work in its expanded motor vehicle finance business, which has more than doubled in size since Macquarie acquired ANZ's Esanda dealer finance p.. read more

Payment processor Mint Payments reported a loss of A$3.7 million for the six months to December - down from a loss of $4.4 million in the previous corresponding period. read more

Three per cent of Australia's small and medium enterprises used a peer-to-peer, marketplace or other alternative lender last year, according to a new survey. read more

Visa is opening up its payments technology to the developer community in a move aimed at allowing banks, retailers and technology companies to develop applications more quickly. read more

Residential property investors may be presenting themselves as owner-occupiers when they apply for mortgage finance in a bid to beat the investor rate premiums that lenders have imposed. read more

Financial Services Institute of Australia chief executive Russell Thomas has left the troubled organisation, which has been struggling to build membership and turn around a string of losses in recent.. read more

Commonwealth Bank has offered a total of A$2.9 million in compensation to 171 customers and former customers of its financial planning businesses who received poor advice. read more

Small business lender Spotcap has raised close to A$50 million in its third financing round since launching in September 2014. Private equity investor Finstar Financial Group has become a new sharehol.. read more

Contracts for business loans, credit cards and broker agreements will fall within the coverage of a new law that protects small business from unfair contracts. read more