About Us

Since 2007, Tapro has assisted hundreds of clients to realise their dreams of owning first home and purchasing investment properties.

Management

We are a mortgage & finance broking business which commenced operations as a Sole Proprietorship in 2007. Our vision is to be the most sought after, trusted broker in the community. We are equipped and geared to provide a client centric service which would be mutually beneficial to you as well as us.

In our journey, we have helped many Australians to realise their dream of home ownership. It has been our passion to assist the people in our community educating, guiding & advising them through the home buying process and related other financial needs. Some of first home buyers who dealt with us are now seasoned investors. Through the support of many satisfied home buyers, we now have clients Australia-wide. Our services are free of charge. Meetings can be arranged at the office of Tapro Finance or through Video platforms such as MS Teams, Skype or Zoom at your convenience.

Business operations of Tapro Finance is managed by Sisira Herath supported by well experienced ex. Bankers with exposure to credit, accounting, branch operations & international trade operations with more than 100 years of collective experience. Credit is the forte'. Sisira has banking experience in Australia & overseas. He has been a Senior Credit Manager in charge of Home Loans and Commercial Lending and a Mortgage Broker since 2007. Following are some of Sisira's accolades.

  • Diploma in Financial Services (Mortgage Broking).
  • Diploma in Marketing (SLIDA)
  • Diploma in Banking (AIB).
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA Sri J).
  • Past Chief Examiner of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
  • Past President and Honorary Life Member of the Association of Professional Bankers – Sri Lanka.

Accreditations

We are accredited with 25 plus Lenders thus enabling us to cater to wide spectrum of Clientele and the opportunity to have a better choice in selecting products for our Clients.

Our Panel of Lenders includes the Big Four; ANZ, Commonwealth, NAB & Westpac, other major and regional banks, international banks operating in Australia and other Mortgage lenders.

Memberships

Sisira is a Full Member of Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA). MFAA is an industry body working to ensure the orderly and ethical working of the mortgage and finance industry. Our activities are bound by a code of ethics thus ensuring maintenance of quality standards, continuing professional development and embracing best practice customer services. We act in the best interest of the customers when providing our services and prioritise the interests of the customer where a conflict of interest exists.

We obtain our aggregation services from a leading Aggregator PLAN Australia, a member of the National Australia Bank Group. PLAN Australia provides services at arm's-length to our business which include IT systems, loan information and lodgement systems, training and development and assistance with regulatory and compliance obligations. Their stability, system support and assistance in business development has been a pillar of strength to our progress.

We are also a member of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) which runs an independent dispute resolution scheme. AFCA provides opportunity to the clients of its members to have access to them, to resolve any disputes with the Brokers without cost.