A further step for improving access to high quality dispute services is the Government’s support for the proposed merger of the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme (IFSO) and the Financial ...

The government has announced it will reform financial services in a bid to make it easier to get home loans and other lending, and strengthen customer protections.

“Our coalition Government is committed to rebuilding the economy and making life simpler by cutting red tape. We are revoking 11 pages of overly prescriptive affordability regulations, introduced by ...

A financial advisor says the Government's newly announced regulation changes for home loans and lending will allow banks to use common sense.

Financial mentoring services are worried the wind-back of lending regulations could expose vulnerable borrowers to loan-sharks and more debt. The government is reforming the Credit Contracts and ...

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly details easier access to loans and changes to financial dispute resolution services ...

Cabinet has agreed to remove pages of regulations introduced in December 2021 under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA). The change will give lenders, like banks and finance ...

The government is reforming the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA), which it says has created unnecessary compliance costs, and blown out the timeframes for accessing a loan.

The Government’s cutting more red tape in housing. They’ve announced changes to ease lending criteria for home and other loans, including reforming financi ...

The Government wants to make loans more accessible to people who need them. It's revoking 11 pages of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act introdu ...

When an older American dies, the credit score of a surviving partner takes a hit, and the lower credit can haunt the survivor for up to two years. The study, from researchers at Ohio State University, ...

PCE inflation, which is watched closely by the Federal Reserve, picked up in March while a core measure stayed high.