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The push for bank account number portability has received some new impetus, with a study on banking competition calling for the introduction of account number portability as a way of promoting competi.. read more

Small business equipment finance company Silver Chef has suffered a bad debt blowout, increasing its bad debt charge three-fold during the year to June. read more

Prepaid card supplier Emerchants has had a year of strong growth, with transactions, active accounts and cash loaded onto cards all more than doubling. read more

Homeloans Ltd has had mixed results from increased investment in brand and distribution, with a pick-up in loan settlements during the year to June but no organic growth in its loan book. read more

Visa has signed several new Australian merchants to Visa Checkout, its online payment service, as part of an expansion of the service that has seen more than 30 merchants sign up around the world in t.. read more

Impaired debt buyer Pioneer Credit said it was concerned about the impact of any further increase in unemployment on the performance of its portfolio. read more

A decline in the commercial general insurance market over the past year has cut into Centrepoint Alliance's premium funding earnings. read more

The debtor finance market enjoyed a modest increase in turnover in the year to June. read more

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has found a "troubling" level of non-compliance with responsible lending requirements among lenders and brokers arranging interest-only mortgages. read more

Margin lenders had the rare experience of receiving some good news yesterday, when the Reserve Bank reported a substantial increase in activity in the June quarter. read more