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Diverging Trends: Commercial and Residential vacancies at two opposite extremes
26th Apr 2024

In a tale of two markets, Australia finds itself contending with starkly opposing realities in its real estate landscape. While the residential sector grapples with a severe shortage, commercial properties, particularly office spaces, are experiencing very high vacancies.

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As the Government flags new regulations for the buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector, the question of how to mitigate risk has been the cause of much conjecture.

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One year ago, the warning signs for Australia's construction industry were evident. Our data showed that construction industry insolvencies would be on the rise and that small construction business operators were dipping into their personal finances to keep their operations afloat.

Fast forward one year.

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The oil and gas giant receives up to 1,000 fuel card applications a month from transport operators around Australia and New Zealand.

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Prevent Cybercrime
Cybercrime: Can it be prevented? 

While there is no silver bullet for the prevention of cybercrime, there are measures your organisation can take to protect your data assets and avoid making it too easy for cybercriminals to breach your network.

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If you are a residential builder or developer and fail to make adequate legal provisions to protect your customers, your iCIRT rating may be affected.

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The 2022 Mortgage Broker Industry Pulse check provides a snapshot of evolving work practices and technology adoption in Australia's mortgage broking industry.

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Educating and supporting borrowers on how to navigate the changing economic environment places extra pressures on time-poor mortgage brokers. We asked Peter White, Managing Director of the FBAA, to share his thoughts on how brokers can keep up with the increased need to work proactively with clients, and the role of technology in freeing up brokers' time.

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The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) providers has exploded over the last two years, and this highly competitive small share of unsecured lending continues to attract new players drawn by strong consumer demand for flexible payment options. We asked Alberto Fernandez, Head of Insights at Latitude Financial Services, to share his thoughts about the risks and rewards of operating in this space.

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PPSR specialist, Malcolm Poslinsky, was asked by an equipment finance company to review their entire list of 5,000 PPS registrations. What we found was more than 2,000 records had errors that invalidated their registrations, including using the wrong grantor identifying information.https://www.edxppsr.com.au/

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Kount's Fraud Protection Platform upgrades the customer experience and increases revenue for Brooks — delivering frictionless protection across the entire customer journey and opening new international revenue channels.

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