Westpac could see its new ‘we’re a bank you can bank’ on branding strategy come back to bite it as the group champions itself as the boring yet safe man of Australian banking.
Consumers are generally fickle, which creates risk for a bank hanging its medium term success …
Financial services companies group customers in all sorts of ways – by sex, life stage, geography, products and (most popular of all) by how much money they have.
The common rationale for splitting by assets is clear – arguably the more money a person has the more complex …
Richard Branson may only be the 234th richest person on the planet yet an independent Sydney radio station is looking to him as the potential source of its own economic stimulus plan.
FBI radio is calling on listeners to make an open pitch to the bearded billionaire in …
The Federal Government is ignoring the first home buyer debt burden bubble it is creating, as it concentrates on boosting employment in the housing sector.
Highlighting the problem is the largely overlooked fact average first home loan values ballooned 24 per cent, or $56,000 to $286,000, in the …
Females are more likely to get a raw deal on interest rates when it comes to taking out a mortgage, yet they appear smarter when choosing the repayment structure.
Males with 36.5 per cent have a much higher ability to qualify for the interest rate reduced professional package …
Some small ethnically focused financial institutions in Australia are starting to stir, growing their mortgage and retail deposit portfolios after a period of relative dormancy, analysis published in both of the latest CoreData Australian Mortgage Report and Australian Cash Report.
Laiki Bank (Australia) increased Australian residential lending by …


