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Time to ramp up your cybersecurity
Almost every day we hear about another cyberattack on businesses. Peter Malan, who runs PwC’s Cybersecurity and Digital Trust, is urging financial institutions to do more to meet APRA’s information security regulation, CPS 234
Turnaround times an obstacle for brokers
Ballooning loan turnaround times at major banks are frustrating brokers just as demand for their services surges alongside the strengthening housing market, argues MyState Bank’s new general manager of banking, Huw Bough

From screen scraping to open banking
Former Westpac head of SME lending Tonia Berglund is the director of product at data aggregation and analytics platform Envestnet | Yodlee. She discusses the development of open banking and its advantages over screen scraping
Biometrics can beat the fraudsters
Andrew Tierney is an adviser on credit, risk and governance and director of Sydney firm Balance Risk Management. He believes the use of biometrics is the best way to prevent online identity and fraud scams

Boutique aggregators offer these benefits by Contributor
Tracey Najjar discusses how boutique aggregators can offer support and flexibility
Commercial funding could plug residential gap by Contributor
As finance brokers battle to increase their business amid a residential lending slowdown, they could boost growth by diversifying their revenue streams and providing clients with commercial funding solutions, writes Matthew Johnson, co-founder and managing director of Marketplace Finance
Playing to your strengths by Contributor
Founder of awarded brokerage explains how to create and execute a winning business strategy
Judgement day for lenders by Contributor
CCR will leave unprepared finance providers behind while it spurs those ahead of the curve to further success
Being your clients' "mortgage doctor" by Melanie Mingas
Why you should abandon the sales rep mentality in favour of a more holistic approach
High Hopes for the Golden State by Melanie Mingas
WA’s economic woes could be coming to an end, setting the scene for a recovery in property prices. Andrew Bromley, mortgage adviser at Smartline, writes about the projects likely to drive the next wave of mortgage lending