Jumping the Gun//Turning the Screws//Fomo
January 22, 2026
Lenders pump up rates as borrowing demand surges. Some good news for savers, but not for SME’s
Lenders pump up rates as borrowing demand surges. Some good news for savers, but not for SME’s
Variable interest rates head upwards. Credit demand remains strong. Calls for a government owned bank.
Borrowers face a fixed rate spike. Senior execs abandon CBA. Banks want a safety net.
Regulators take aim at the used car hellscape. CBA’s disaster lifeline…more than just puffery? Banks shackle trust and company real estate borrowers. Just another day on Money Road.
BOQ offloads billions, SME lending boom and good news for savers, but on the downsize: Personal insolvencies are creeping up and households suffer
Festive Fear as rate rises loom. ANZ’s expensive legal stoush. ASIC slaps lender with a six-figure penalty
Money Road is the finance blog for people who’ve stared into the abyss of a lender’s T’s & C’s and decided the abyss needs better punctuation.
Its author — a former journalist turned business lender — knows how stories get spun and how credit actually gets priced.
The result: dry humour, mild mordancy, and a strict “no Kool-Aid, no cheerleading, no fairy tales” house policy.