Posts tagged "small business banking"

In a busy week for government, unfair insurance contracts are on the agenda, alongside measures to restrict cash payments.

The government will not hold a consultation on whether to outlaw unfair contracts until "late-2019", as renewed calls surface to get on with it.

Labor will make unfair contract terms illegal if it wins the next election — its latest move to strengthen its small-business platform.

About 900 businesses regularly using postal banking will no longer be able to after negotiations between ANZ and Australia Post broke down.

An ACCC blitz has prompted Visy, Cleanaway and Suez to change their contract terms, over concern several clauses may have been unfair.

Australia Post wants ANZ Bank to pay more fees to help its franchise partners, but the bank has yet to agree, leaving about 900 customers in the lurch.

Fast-growing small business lender Prospa has agreed to alter its standard loan terms for small businesses, following an ASIC review.

The second round of hearings from the royal commission into financial services confirmed what many have previously told SmartCompany: once a…

The peak body for Australian small businesses is calling for the banking royal commission to go beyond the numbers and examine the very human impact of poor banking practices, as the commission kicks off two weeks of public hearings focused on SMEs.

Female entrepreneurs across Australia are still regularly faced by the expectation that there’s a man running their businesses, according to…

ANZ Bank will soon refund $10.2 million to small business credit card users after failing to properly disclose fees for one of its products,…

A federal government review has demanded the banks give merchants and customers more options when using tap-and-go payments, but one small b…