From Chris Joye today:
Westpac demolished Mott’s allegations on loan quality, revealing that of the 420 loans in the sample file just one borrower (0.2 per cent of the total) was three months or more in arrears, which is “well below [Westpac’s] portfolio average for delinquencies”.
…PwC found that 38 of the 420 loans failed APRA’s loan assessment standards and should not, on this test, have been originated. On Thursday Westpac disclosed that PwC used a limited data file on each borrower, and once Westpac applied its full data file 37 of the 38 loans were, in fact, appropriately approved. And the one loan that should not have passed its credit scoring system is “currently ahead on its repayments”.
