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Electronic conveyancing, which kicked off on the PEXA exchange this year, has reached the stage where state government bodies are looking at ways to align the rules for paper and electronic conveyan.. read more

Business in the debtor finance market picked up in the September quarter, with discounting and factoring turnover up 7.2 per cent on the previous quarter. read more

When Nerida Caesar joined Veda Group in March 2011 she found a company with a very good product set but one that was not very "customer-centric". Her task, as chief executive, was to "re-set" the b.. read more

The proportion of housing loans written at high loan-to-valuation ratios rose during the September quarter, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. read more

Following the launch of a credit scoring program for use by consumers in the United States earlier this month, the data analytics company FICO is pitching the idea to Australian banks and other cred.. read more

The credit reporting and data analytics company Experian reports that it is making progress in Australia, with the "ramp-up" of a new credit reporting service. read more

Three cash-rate cuts since December last year have helped keep retail customers happy with their banks. Most banks, building societies and credit unions have improved their customer satisfaction sco.. read more

Unhappy consumers kept the Credit Ombudsman Service busy over the past year. Complaints to COSL increased by 37 per cent in the year to June, and inquiries were up by 30 per cent. read more

Macquarie Group has acquired a stake in the mortgage aggregator Connective Services, taking a 25 per cent share in the company. read more

Lenders and debt collectors will have to revise their operating procedures to take account of changes to the Privacy Act that will take effect next March. The Australian Competition and Consumer Com.. read more