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+4.5% SME Approval Uplift Potentially Unlocked by Linking Consumer-Level Director Insights with Equifax Data
23rd Sep 2026

Are you:

●      Finding it difficult to confidently assess creditworthiness for small businesses and startups due to limited trading history?
●      Struggling to link fragmented data sources to better understand the risk profile of individual directors?
●      Managing manual credit assessments for SME loans that create operational bottlenecks and delay approvals?

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Automotive industry slump calls for new operating model

The downturn in the Australian automotive industry is expected to last into 2020. A motor industry overview presented by Deloitte at the recent Equifax Automotive Finance Forum painted a stark picture of declining car sales and an industry heavily reliant on income from bonuses and Finance & Insurance 

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Q2 2019 insolvency statistics show a 15% increase compared with the previous quarter.

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Download our free eBook for your beginner's guide to the PPSR. 

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Fraudulent account opening is a global problem that continues to rise.  In Australia, there has been a rise in the number of fraudulent attempts to open transaction bank accounts by money mules, as well as efforts to use stolen identities to open accounts. 

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Technology continues to drive transformation, shifting manual processes to automated solutions and the ongoing evolution to digitised lending will bring greater accuracy and insights to credit risk.

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Retail trade and construction are among the industry sectors to experience an increase in insolvencies, according to the latest statistics* released by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) for the first quarter of 2019.

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A recent court case has shown that when it comes to conducting a grantor search on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR), thoroughness is the key. 

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Capturing the information required for regulatory compliance without hindering the customer experience is a balancing act faced by all reporting entities.

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In the digital age, providing customers with a frictionless mortgage experience is critical to remaining competitive.

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In this video, Neil Coert, Commercial Specialist at Equifax, shares his thoughts on the challenges reporting entities currently face in the market, and some ways the customer onboarding experience can be automated and made simpler.

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