Small Business Loans News
Big banks put squeeze on small business
26 March 2010
BANKS are squeezing small-business customers with higher fees and fatter margins, the Reserve Bank says, while competition between lenders has fallen... read full story
Reserve accuses banks of squeezing small business
26 March 2010
BANKS are squeezing small business customers with higher fees and fatter margins, the Reserve Bank says, while competition between lenders has fallen... read full story
New bond market would aid small fry
9 February 2010
There's speculation the decision by the Rudd government to withdraw its guarantee scheme for banks will be followed up with the introduction of new legislation designed to stimulate competition... read full story
Reserve opts for easy does it
4 November 2009
YESTERDAY'S quarter of a percentage point rise in the cash rate to 3.5 per cent was about as good as it could have been for the markets as they look for equilibrium after the recent sell-off... read full story
Ge Cuts Lending Business
25 October 2008
THE world's 12th-biggest company, General Electric, is scaling down its finance business amid global market turmoil, prompting the local division to pull out of mortgages and other lending... read full story
