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 …
Mass affluent Australians – the 3.2 million-odd among us who earn more than $100,000 a year – don’t care too much for retail banks.
Actually, that’s not quite true. Despite being convinced that financial institutions don’t particularly care about them, they are not sure exactly what to think about banks. …
Gimmicks, fads and something for nothing marketing campaigns will always attract a certain element of attention from the wider public, but often loyalty is not part of the mix.
Online savings focused ING Direct is one of the market leaders in building brand awareness, yet struggles at growing …
Unsuccessful investors have an uncanny knack of buying high and selling low and cursing themselves for making wrong decisions when hindsight points to the bleeding obvious.
When it comes to lending, perhaps Australians need to follow the wise words of animation character, Bob the Builder, or more specifically his …
It’s Fight Club but for the thinking man (or woman). Financial services is facing the Ben Hur of challenges after near implosion, yet groups still only receive imperfect information on what is really happening in the market.
With this in mind CoreData Pulse is launching Thought Club – …
The public persona of National Australia Bank has been giving a good impression of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde over the past few weeks.
One side of the bank is trying to position the group as an institution at the grassroots level and playing a positive role in the …
