Category: Technology
Two in Three Abandoned Open Banking Consents Fail in the Bank’s First Two Steps. RG 273.40 Is Why Your Fallback Path Matters More Than Your Tech
Most abandoned open banking consents fail at your client’s own bank, Frollo’s 2026 report finds. The broker fix is the fallback, not the technology.
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Medium Businesses’ Average Cyber Cost Jumped 45% to $141,300 While Small Firms Sat at $55,400. The Curve Bends Exactly Where Your Brokerage Is Growing
ASD’s new threat report puts medium-business cyber costs up 45% to $141,300 against $55,400 for small firms. What that curve means for growing brokerages.
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CBA’s Calculators Have Been Off Quickli Since July and Are “Unlikely to Return” This Year. RG 273.162 Asks What Your File Says You Compared
CBA’s calculators have been unavailable on Quickli since July with no return date. What that means for your capacity quotes and your BID file notes.
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NAB’s Serviceability Calculator V66 Became Mandatory on 23 October With New HEM Values. A Number You Quoted Last Week May Not Survive Lodgement
NAB’s calculator V66 with updated HEM values is mandatory for new applications from 23 October, and its QBE LMI calculator now covers loans to $5m.
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UNO Now Monitors Its Clients’ Loans Continuously. Non-Bank Consumer Data Opens 9 November — and the Broker Pathway to It Drops the CDR Safeguards
UNO rebuilt LoanScore on open banking data. Non-bank consumer data sharing starts 9 November and the trusted adviser route drops CDR safeguards.
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CreditPolicy.ai Lands in Claude’s Connector Directory: Australia’s First Lender Policy Library You Can Plug Straight Into Your AI
CreditPolicy.ai is now an approved Claude connector. See how brokers connect it in a minute and ask cited lender policy questions inside their AI.
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VMG Goes ApplyOnline-Only and Manual Lodgements Stop on 2 November. The Form Won’t Submit an Incomplete File
VMG moves all broker lodgements to ApplyOnline. Manual applications stop on 2 November, and the form flags missing information before it will let a file submit.
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CreditPolicy.ai launches AI connector that takes brokers from policy question to deal update
CreditPolicy.ai’s MCP connector brings sourced lender-policy answers and selected client and deal actions into ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini CLI. See the workflow, setup steps and the wider broker workspace.
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81% Would Let an AI Agent Compile Their Loan Options. 59% Would Let It Apply. The Gap Is Where Brokers Still Sit
Experian and Forrester surveyed 481 credit-active Australians. Willingness to delegate to an AI agent falls as the consequence of the task rises.
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AI Now Pulls Escalated Pricing From Up to Nine Lenders in Minutes. RG 273 Still Asks You to Show Why You Picked One
New AI tools now automate lender pricing escalation and file audits. What the SecondBrain, Salestrekker and YBR launches mean for your RG 273 records.
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2.5 Million Australians Have Little or No Credit History. The Rent-History Score Built for Them Just Opened a Broker Pilot — and It Runs on CDR Consent
Equifax and Occubuy opened an Open Score pilot to brokers. Rent history isn’t credit data — what CDR consent and BID change on your thin-file cases.
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A Broker CRM Has Been Down Three Weeks. The Real Question Is Whether You Could Keep Working
Mystro has been offline since early August, locking brokers out of client files. A practical guide to vendor risk and business continuity.
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