Join host Annie Kane, commercial content writer Ben Squires, and senior journalist Charlie Tchetchenian as they review the news of the week.

This week, they discuss:

• Widespread failures uncovered by ASIC across major lenders’ mortgage offset accounts.
• Westpac reversing its cash rate hike forecast following cooler-than-expected CPI data.
• Pepper Money raising its maximum LVR to 98 per cent alongside AMP’s launch of a 40-year investor loan.

And much more!

News stories mentioned:

• Banks slammed over offset failures in ASIC probe
• New lender joins Help to Buy scheme
• Productivity Commission calls for overhaul of housing rules
• Westpac scraps double hike call as CPI drops
• Lending emerges as leading source of Banking Code breaches
• Pepper unveils sweeping expansion of lending parameters
• Bluestone flags major trends reshaping borrowers and credit
• 40-year investor loan with 10 years of IO launches
• Qudos Bank brand to be retired in 2027

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