East & Partners

Sector: Lending

(23 April 2009 – Australia) An extraordinary 68.8 percent of SME companies said they experienced an increase in their loan...

(7 April 2009 – Australia) Australia’s Big Four banks, with the Federal Government, have set up a plan to come...

(23 March 2009 – New Zealand) A New Zealand local bank, Kiwibank, has trumped the subsidiaries of the Big Four...

(11 March 2009 – Australia) Westpac has strong declared its intentions to take over the top-bank mantle in the Australian...

(10 March 2009 – UK) The UK Government has increased its stake in troubled banking giant Lloyds, as it struggles...

(10 March 2009 – Australia) Australian banks have vowed to maintain funding to the small business sector, in a Government...

(11 February 2009 – Australia) Australian Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has sent a message to banks that they have an...

(2 February 2009 – Australia) Lending to the private sector fell in the final month of 2008, the first time...

(9 January 2009 – Australia) Bendigo and Adelaide Bank announced the purchase of a A$1.5 billion margin lending loan portfolio...

(8 December 2008 – Global) HSBC has announced that it will create a US$5 billion working capital fund to support...