News & media

Firstmac reports car market is "recovering strongly" (Australian Broker)

New data from a non-bank lender has indicated the car market is “recovering strongly” after plummeting in April, with borrowers ready to be...

12 June 2020
Lender’s data shows car market bounce back (Autotalk)

New lending data from Firstmac shows the new car market is recovering after falls in April and May.

11 June 2020
Resimac relaxed about loan payment deferrals (The Australian)

Resimac chief executive Scott McWilliam says he doesn’t foresee disaster from COVID-19 loan losses because lenders will slowly taper off mortgage...

09 June 2020
Lender reports "sharp fall" in hardship applications (Australian Broker)

Non-bank lender Firstmac has reported the number of new applications received for COVID-19 related hardship arrangements has fallen faster than the gro...

03 June 2020
Home loan relief calls push $6.8bn (The Australian)

More than half a million Australians have hit pause on $6.8bn worth of loan repayments in the past six weeks. 

04 May 2020
Firstmac says fewer customers than banks in COVID-19 hardship (Australian Financial Review)

Non-bank lender Firstmac says a lower proportion of its customers have deferred their mortgages compared to major banks, and this should provide comfor...

03 May 2020
Firstmac buys another 'category killer' (Banking Day)

Firstmac has acquired car loan broker Carloans.com.au and car-buying service Georgie from ASX-listed Eclipx.

27 April 2020
Firstmac sets out to capitalise on pandemic fallout on economy (The Australian)

Non-bank lender Firstmac wants to use the economic downturn to pounce on growth opportunities, after acquiring car-loan broker Carloans.com.au and vehi...

26 April 2020