Tag: National Australia Bank

National Australia Bank’s decision to introduce shorter, plain English loan contracts for small business borrowers has been welcomed by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman. According to the bank, more than 130,000 business owners will benefit from the complete overhaul of its existing business standard loan form contract, which involved simplifying contractual clauses, […]

Humans are creatures of habit; we subconsciously drift into routines that provide predictability and a sense of comfort and security. Habits and routines have their place – they get us up in the morning and into work on time but as soon as we stop achieving the desired result, we change them. As individuals, we […]

The 2013 National Small Business Summit will focus driving policy and building relationships that benefit small business owners.

We asked three bankers their opinion on how small business owners should choose their business bank, the questions they should be asking, whether they need a separate bank for their personal affairs and how important fees are.

The Damelian Group and its nine vehicle franchises in Sydney have been placed into receivership, with $80 million owing to the National Australia Bank.

With insolvencies continuing to rise, SME owners and directors need to ask themselves if they’re being proactive in managing their banking relationship, both in good times and in bad.

The Government announced reforms designed to make it easier for people to switch banks overnight, with a Treasury-led working party to ensure the changes are enacted by July 1 2012.

Demand for business banking products has dropped significantly over the past four months, with commercial banks including the Big Four local providers as well as regional and international banks all reporting a downturn in demand.

National Australia Bank’s payment problems over the last week have Australian retailers proposing legal action against in the form of a national class action to recover the loses incurred due to the bank’s failures over the last week, such legal action is unlikely to be successful however.

National Australia Bank’s payment problems over the last week have Australian retailers up in arms proposing legal action against NAB in the form of a national class action to recover the loses incurred due to the bank’s failures over the last week.