by Nathan Osinski | Dec 27, 2019 | Community
Got a pool you’re constantly scooping leaves out of but never use? Or perhaps you’re looking to cool off this summer in the privacy of someone else’s backyard. Well, a new pool-sharing app has just launched in Australia. We Aussies love to swim. In fact, we’ve won the...
by Nathan Osinski | Dec 23, 2019 | Business
SMEs are set to have better access to finance, with the Australian government making two key moves last month to free-up lending to small business operators. Firstly, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he will instruct the corporate watchdog ASIC to tell banks to waive...
by Nathan Osinski | Dec 20, 2019 | Credit Rating
Borrowers struggling to stay afloat will be offered greater protection from debt collection agencies under new guidelines being applied by Australian banks. As recently reported by the ABC, debt collectors can legally sue to recover debts as little as $5,000, with one...
by Nathan Osinski | Dec 18, 2019 | Credit Rating, Personal Lending
Predatory payday lenders are profiting from vulnerable Australians and trapping them in spiralling debt, according to a collaborative report by 20 consumer advocacy bodies. The report, The Debt Trap: How payday lending is costing Australians, projects that by the end...
by Nathan Osinski | Dec 16, 2019 | Budgeting, Planning for the future
Are you paid weekly, fortnightly or monthly? New research indicates that how often you’re paid has a pretty big bearing on whether you’re a saver or a spender. The research, conducted by small business platform Xero, shows that Aussies who receive their salaries...
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