Every month we feature a business that takes the trust their customers place in them seriously — and does something about it. This month, Circle Finance.
Circle Finance is a mortgage brokerage with a difference. Most brokers help you with the finance and wave goodbye at approval. Circle Finance walks the whole journey with you — from the very first question, “can we actually afford this?”, right through to the moment the keys are in your hand.
Buying a first home, upgrading, refinancing, investing, or building from the ground up, they act as your personal mortgage concierge: tailored solutions, a large panel of lenders, quick responses and honest updates, so you always know exactly where you stand and what happens next.
That “always know where you stand” philosophy is the thread running through everything they do — and it's exactly why they're this month's feature.
At the heart of Circle Finance is its founder and Director, Jenny Budiman — a broker who has earned her reputation, and a loyal following, the hard way: by looking after people properly. Her clients don't just come back; they bring their family and friends. Read their words and one theme keeps appearing — trust. As one client put it, “I gave my 100% trust to Jenny.” Another simply called her “the best broker in town.”
That standard has been recognised across the industry too, with Circle Finance's work acknowledged through award recognition including the Better Business Awards and PLAN Australia's excellence-in-finance program, and proud membership of the MFAA and PLAN Australia. But talk to Jenny and you get the sense the awards matter less to her than the families she's helped into their homes.
Here's what stood out to us. In an industry built entirely on trust — where clients hand over their most sensitive financial and personal information — Circle Finance doesn't take that trust for granted. They protect it, deliberately, through the processes their clients see and the ones they don't.
That commitment extends all the way to their website. Rather than assume everything was fine, Circle Finance took the proactive step of having their website independently reviewed by AegorIQ — to understand exactly where they stood across security, privacy, compliance and performance. It's a small thing that says a lot: a business that checks the quiet, behind-the-scenes details is a business that takes its customers seriously.
Great tool for keeping our website compliant. AegorIQ clearly showed us what needed fixing for compliance and cyber security — highly recommend for any business wanting a proper website health check.Jenny Budiman Director, Circle Finance
That's the kind of business we love to feature: one that understands trust is earned in the details, and is willing to look.
Wherever you are in Australia, if you're navigating a property purchase — or wondering whether now is even the right time — Jenny and the Circle Finance team are exactly the people to have in your corner. From “can we afford it?” to keys in hand, they'll guide you the whole way, with clarity, care and genuine expertise.
Circle Finance Pty Ltd is trading as Circle Finance. Circle Finance Pty Ltd is a credit representative (507534) of BLSSA Pty Ltd (Australian Credit Licence 391237). Information is general in nature; normal lending criteria, terms and conditions apply.
Congratulations, Circle Finance — thank you for showing what it looks like to protect the trust your customers place in you.
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