MYOB turns up the heat on Xero in small business lending

MYOB turns up the heat on Xero in small business lending

Accounting software firm MYOB is muscling into the small business loans space through a partnership with Valiant Finance in a bid to take on its major rival.

  • byCara Waters

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Stimulus sparks small business lending surge

Stimulus sparks small business lending surge

ANZ Bank says government stimulus policies have helped drive a surge in lending to small firms buying assets such as cars,tractors,and machinery.

  • byClancy Yeates
MYOB set to move into invoice financing in wake of Greensill collapse

MYOB set to move into invoice financing in wake of Greensill collapse

Accounting giant MYOB is pushing into invoice financing,undeterred by the bad invoice-business headlines from the collapse of global financing firm Greensill Capital.

  • byCara Waters
Xero steps into workforce management space with $285m deal

Xero steps into workforce management space with $285m deal

ASX-listed cloud accounting giant Xero is setting its sights beyond small business bookkeepers as it forks out $285 million for workforce management platform Planday.

  • byCara Waters
Inside the murky Greensill corner of shadow banking
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Inside the murky Greensill corner of shadow banking

Greensill Capital is struggling for survival after its financial engineering started to fall apart.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Kiss Kiss goodbye:Cocktail bar closes as COVID-19 protections wane

Kiss Kiss goodbye:Cocktail bar closes as COVID-19 protections wane

A cocktail bar in Sydney’s CBD has become one of the first businesses locked out of its premises by a landlord after changes to the NSW government’s COVID-19 moratorium on evictions last month.

  • byLucy Cormack
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Foot in the door:new contract to open doors for Indigenous business
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Foot in the door:new contract to open doors for Indigenous business

The NSW government last year spent $92 million on goods,services and construction supplied by Aboriginal businesses,a 44 per cent increase on the previous year.

  • byLucy Cormack
How a forgotten password led to Australia’s latest startup success story

How a forgotten password led to Australia’s latest startup success story

Australian entrepreneur Domm Holland’s first attempt at building a startup ended in failure. His second,Fast,is going a lot better.

  • byCara Waters
Small business groups want HECS-style loans after JobKeeper ends

Small business groups want HECS-style loans after JobKeeper ends

The Small Business Ombudsman says a proposal to offer HECS-style loans to struggling small businesses after JobKeeper ends will be presented to the government.

  • byJennifer Duke
Sequoia,Blackbird rule the roost as tech funding grows despite COVID fears

Sequoia,Blackbird rule the roost as tech funding grows despite COVID fears

The Australian technology sector scooped up $6.9 billion in funding for the 2020 financial year despite COVID-19 jitters hitting the market.

  • byCara Waters
Goldman Sachs-backed lender Capify taps into loan optimism

Goldman Sachs-backed lender Capify taps into loan optimism

Goldman Sachs backed small business lender Capify has opened its books to lending again after raising $14 million from a group of high net worth individuals.

  • byCara Waters