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The pick-up in margin lending activity in the June quarter was not sustained in the September quarter, as a weaker equity market and an increase in margin calls tested investor appetite for geared sha.. read more

Consumer leasing company Make It Mine Finance Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay penalties of A$1.2 million by the Federal Court, which found that the company failed to disclose important information to.. read more

Banks need to do more work to help their small business customers understand the efficiency of electronic payments and the differences between the growing number of choices in the market, according to.. read more

Peer-to-peer lender Thin Cats has arranged close to A$2 million of loans in its first year of operation. read more

After several years of benign trading conditions marked by below-average default rates, the United States high-yield corporate bond market started to deteriorate this year and, in the opinion of one e.. read more

American Express card members in Australia will be able to use Apple Pay from today. read more

Consumer lenders Money3 and Thorn Group are getting out of the payday lending market in the face of tighter finance options and a Government review of the sector that has raised the prospect of toughe.. read more

ATM and point of sale terminal operator Stargroup has entered the small business finance market with an offer that includes using a POS terminal for repayments. read more

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's report on the consumer leasing market, published in September, has come under fire in submissions to the Review of Small Amount Credit Contract L.. read more

There has been an increase of almost ten per cent over the past two years in the number of companies trading while insolvent. read more