Australia's Pepper Money in talks to buy Westpac's mortgage broking portfolio
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Australian non-bank lender Pepper Money PPM.AX said on Thursday it is part of a consortium that is negotiating with major financial institution Westpac WBC.AX over acquiring the latter's mortgage broking portfolio. (Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona) ((Rishav.Chatterjee@thomsonreuters.com))