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Housing Market Conditions in Australia
Higher mortgage rates, increased lending regulations a...Marketlend has a very specific requirement in regards to its investors. Under the Corporations Act, w...
After ongoing investor testing and community engagement, we’ve created a new user experience built for your needs, the Marketlend Loan Exchange (Beta).
Making the most of Loan Exchange:
When you access the new Loan Exchange you will notice a number of key diffe...
Businesses have different schools of thought on how much time and money should be devoted to marketing and which approaches are most suitable for their companies. We’d love to hear about yours. Please take a few minutes to respond to this ...
Are you thinking about getting yourself out there and finally starting a small business of your own? You'll need a business plan.
What's a business plan?
In the simplest terms, a business plan is simply an outline of what your goals are for the small business, and how you p...
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At Markeltend, we always want to learn. The more we know about what matters to our investors and...This week, we have the pleasure of again welcoming Bessie Hassan. As the Money Expert for finder.com.au - the site that compares virtually everything - Bessie is an experienced commentator who often appears on national radio, TV, and throughout online publications sharing her best money-saving tips and property advice. Bessie is passiona...
As a former Regional Commissioner NSW, Australian Securities & Investment Commission, Chris Van Homrigh has brought his deep background in market regulation and best practice to the Marketlend team over the last year. At Marketlend, this knowledge and experience has helped support the continual refinement of a first-of-its-kind lending platform, and our constant ...
India is a major developing economy and is forecasted to see massive economic growth in the next few years. It’s a country that can’t be ignored in the 21st century and may follow the steps of China if it plays its cards right. The Reserve Bank of India has recognised the importance of P2P lending in its most recent standards assessment and looks to publish them soon. In a 2016 co...
‘Blockchain’ is a hot word in financial technology at the moment.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t really know what the word meant until a few weeks ago, when I had a bit-coin veteran break it down for me. Essentially, Blockchain is a massive statement of all the transactions on a specific network. The blocks, think of them as a bank statement, are ‘chained’ together to crea...
A look at how the 2008 financial crisis changed the way policy-makers use monetary and fiscal policies.
It’s a bold statement to say that Governments always learn from their mistakes. But, for the most part, they at least attempt to learn from their mistakes and the outcome is generally positive. However, what if a Government got off scot-free and they didn’t really have to lear...Introduction
Marketlend itself is not a facilitator of crowd-sourced equity funding. However, Marketlend is a facilitator of crowd-sourced debt funding. The two models work very similarly, and as a result of the similarity in models, Marketlend believes that it can input some valuable information regarding CSEF and the reduction of compliance costs. The differentiation of equity or de...Following last week’s post about how an accountant can free you from bookkeeping to focus on running your business, how do you know which accountant to choose once you’ve made the decision?
In this post we list 5 things to consider when choos...