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Why banks are now chasing your SME clients
Australia’s big banks and non-bank lenders have a new focus: small business. This pivot is driving competition and improving access to finance for SMEs.
Retailers, businesses want more certainty around border opening
Australia’s largest retail representative body, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), said the reopening of the international border is a...
RAT and PCR tests to become tax-deductible
Additionally, this will also mean fringe benefits tax will not be incurred by employers if they provide COVID-19 tests to their employees for...
Billions of NSW government dollars going to small and medium businesses
The latest data shows the government spent around $34 billion on goods, services and construction in 2020/21, with almost $8 billion spent with...
Report: Fuel prices bite back, business sentiment remains flat
With the rising cost of fuel on the agenda during Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Press Club event last week, MYOB’s research has also found that...
SME lending ‘desperately needs better regulation’, says lender
The SME lending fintech is calling for stronger regulations to address the country’s “entrenched lack of competition” and “predatory lending...
SMEs unfairly penalised by large finance hurdles, warns Apricity
Invoice finance lender Apricity Finance Group Pty Ltd (Apricity) has warned that small businesses are being left out in the cold when it comes to...
N1H extends SME lending capacity again
ASX-listed business, financial and property services firm N1 Holdings, which includes a mortgage brokerage and a lending arm, has announced that...
SME lending likely to be regulated, suggest lenders
The CEO of Pepper Money, Mario Rehayem and the managing director NSW, relationships, at Judo Bank, Stephen Mifsud, have both stated that they...
ASBFEO welcomes lower merchant fees
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) Bruce Billson welcomed the announcement that the Commonwealth Bank will...
Charity sector threshold reforms open for consultation
The Australian Treasury has opened the consultation process on exposure draft legislation to reduce red tape within the charity sector. The...
