Judo Bank reports seven-fold profit increase, growing SME loan book as it challenges Big Four lending
Significant growth to its loan book underpinned those results, with Judo Bank increasing its SME lending portfolio from $6.1 billion to $8.9 billion.
Judo Bank is a genuine player in SME lending, but is it right for your business?
Judo Bank is a classic gamekeeper-turned-poacher story involving former big bank executives taking on their old employers, who they say have lost the craft of relationship banking.
Neobank Volt continues “prudent and measured” approach to growth, through partnership with global fintech
Aussie neobank Volt has partnered with UK fintech Railsbank, to power up growth after a tricky few months in the sector.
Judo Bank reveals backers behind massive $284 million funding round, amid neobank competition concerns
SME-focused neobank Judo Bank has settled a massive $284 million capital raise, announced late last year, and valuing it at $1.6 billion.
A first outside the US: American Express launches unsecured business loans for Aussie SMEs
American Express will leverage its global brand to offer Aussie SMEs unsecured business loans, in a first for the company outside the US.
Why Square Peg Capital’s Ben Hensman thinks there’s never been a better time to build a fintech company
Yes, COVID-19 presents us with unique and perhaps once-in-a-generation challenges, but there's never been a better time to go all-in on fintech.
Making money, making history: The biggest capital raises of 2019
Australian startups have broken raise records yet again this year, with 2019 seeing five funding rounds exceed $100 million.
Small and mighty: Meet the challenger banks nipping at the heels of the big four
A slew of challenger banks are poised to burst onto the Australian finance scene, but who are the startups taking on the big four?
