Posts tagged "bank loans"

The good news for potential customers is in a market where interest rates are increasing the banks may be prepared to cut deals to win your business.

An array of sources report that access to finance is worsening for Australian SMEs, prompting broader fears for the health of the economy.

Credit conditions for small businesses have worsened further over the last 12 months as housing prices fall, increasing risks for entrepreneurs.

Small businesses are increasingly turning to non-bank sources for loans, with alternative-lending startups almost growing faster than they can handle.

Over 70% of small businesses have no written plan of any kind, so what use is a $2 billion government-funded securitisation fund?

The government has committed $2 billion to making it easier for SMEs to access finance while supporting the creation of a new commercial growth fund.

"Cabinet-level" discussions are taking place about a solution to improve small business funding as momentum builds for commercial solutions.

The people who will lose from the royal commission are the 'marginal' borrowers — the young, the less affluent, the less educated, the casually employed.

Wonga has gone into administration as a result of government regulation to reform the payday loans sector in favour of the consumer.

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The banking royal commission has heard the Bank of Queensland doubled the monthly repayments on a business loan without telling a franchisee couple, forcing their business into liquidation.

The banking royal commission has shone a spotlight on franchising and the practice of banks to pre-fill forms for small business owners, but some are worried the fallout will make it harder for businesses to get bank loans.