I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but…

It is not cool in Australia to blow your own trumpet, right? But what do you do when you know certain competitors are failing to do proper investigations for their clients with credit impairments and your company continually picks up the pieces? To be frank, I am...

Is a payday loan ever a good idea?

I am working on a case at the moment where a gambling addict got small loans from Nimble and got into dramas with them. Gambling addiction is a shame-based addiction where impulse control is inhibited around gaming. If a payday loan turns sour it can be listed on a...

Credit Savvy nowhere near as savvy as Veda

Recently a broker sent me, for the first time, a free Credit Savvy report for one of his clients (with permission of course). Credit Savvy is a joint venture of Aussie Home Loans and Experian, the multinational credit reporting agency behemoth that has been operating...

Client ready and willing, but are you able?

Exploring France’s Champagne region recently after an Australian friend was married there, I was reminded of the effect that Napoleon had on the common people of France. On many street corners, statues, plaques, and memorials mark the sites of victorious battles and...