16-Jul-10
Lending to SMEs was falling, and availability to credit was drying up, warned Australia's largest business lender, NAB, yesterday.
14-Jul-10
As the list of ways to promote your business grows, working out the most effective way to spruik your business can be half the battle. That's why it's vital that small- and medium-sized businesses put a solid marketing strategy in place and make sure they don't deviate from the plan.
19-Jun-10
Tough consumer protection laws will from July 1 give corporate regulator ASIC the power to crack down on unfair bank fees and charges.
03-Jun-10
The Australian Taxation Office has delivered its final ruling on the controversial issue of how discretionary trusts are being managed, with experts claiming the decision could costs SMEs hundred of millions of dollars and send come companies to the wall.
THE big four banks have used the cover of the global financial crisis to charge borrowers more than the increase in their own costs, resulting in big profits for the lenders and much higher interest bills for many customers.
02-Jun-10
MORTGAGE and business borrowers appear to have been handed a reprieve on interest rates until at least August, after the Reserve Bank kept official rates on hold on Tuesday.
24-May-10
BANKS have been making huge profit margins of up to 14,000 per cent on controversial exception fees levied on a variety of basic transactions.
12-May-10
Mr Swan said the Budget would offer some relief to everyday Australians.
09-May-10
BIG banks have used the global financial crisis as an excuse to gouge customers an extra $733 a year while boosting staff pay packets and posting record profits for shareholders.
04-May-10
HOMEOWNERS will pay about $50 a month more on their mortgages after the Reserve Bank hiked its cash rate for the third time in a row.