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Online search has become the most influential source of information about home loans and almost 80 per cent of home loan applicants do some online research before contacting a lender, according to Goo.. read more

AMP Ltd suffered a fall in earnings in 2013, on the back of lower insurance profits and weaker investment returns, but the group's banking division made a strong contribution. read more

The government has no plans to review superannuation rules covering borrowing by fund trustees, the assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos said yesterday. read more

Point of sale finance specialist ThinkSmart will concentrate on its business operations in the United Kingdom, following the sale of its loss-making Australian and New Zealand businesses to FlexiGroup.. read more

Suncorp will look for growth in its banking business in its home state, Queensland. Suncorp's chief executive, Patrick Snowball, believes the bank is underweight in Queensland and has some competitive.. read more

The Australian Securities Exchange is promising that counterparty balances will be credited intraday when it launches a renminbi settlement service in partnership with Bank of China in the middle of t.. read more

Trustees of self-managed superannuation funds have maintained very high cash holdings, despite the lure of high returns in equity and residential property markets. read more

The number of merchants applying a surcharge to customer card payments is increasing but the surcharge rate is steady, according to industry analyst East & Partners. read more

The debtor finance market was flat in 2013, with invoice discounting and factoring turnover virtually unchanged from 2012. The industry continued to struggle to regain the momentum it had before the f.. read more

The Australian syndicated loan market enjoyed its biggest quarter on record in December, pushing the annual result for the market over US$100 billion. read more