1+ week, 2+ day ago   (273+ words) ING notified the regulator in July that it had found material miscalculations stretching back several years, which had significantly overstated its liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) — a key measure of a bank's ability to withstand short-term cash outflows. While the bank…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (557+ words) Navigating the lending environment has never been more complicated. Against this backdrop, it’s little surprise that demand for brokers continues to grow. Brokers settled a record 81.6% of new residential home loans in the most recent quarter, according to the Mortgage…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (256+ words) Fintelligence has launched Learn, a dedicated training and development platform, giving its national network of asset finance brokers free access to structured onboarding, on-demand learning, and automated CPD tracking. The platform was previously available only to mortgage brokers within Australian…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) Scams and corporate governance failures continue to dominate the complaints landing on the corporate regulator's desk, according to new figures that carry implications for brokers navigating an increasingly scrutinised lending and advice landscape. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (323+ words) Financial services organisations are deploying AI faster than they can govern it, according to a new Actuaries Institute and UTS Human Technology Institute (HTI) report — a gap with particular relevance for mortgage lending's growing use of AI. A survey of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (373+ words) As Australian banks continue to grapple with flat or falling customer satisfaction, Loan Market says its FY26 results show the broker channel pulling further ahead. The brokerage points to entrenched trust concerns and shifting customer expectations across the banking sector as…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (311+ words) More than a third of Australia's largest real estate agency websites are invisible to the crawlers used by AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude, according to new research from Foundable, an Australian AI visibility firm. While the audit focused…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (361+ words) LMG has introduced an industry-first entry process aimed at making it easier for bankers to move into mortgage broking, addressing a common sticking point in the recognition of prior learning (RPL) process. Developed in partnership with Registered Training Organisation Institute…...

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2+ week, 6+ day ago   (354+ words) Brokers using Pallas Capital will soon be able to order and track residential property valuations through a single digital platform, following a new partnership between the non-bank commercial real estate lender and property data provider Cotality. The new arrangement will…...