Briefs: NZ Government confident banks won't trip up KiwiBuild, NZ banks on top in satisfaction surve 06 April 2018 4:52PM The New Zealand government says it is confident banks' reluctance to lend for small and prefabricated dwellings will not be a roadblock to its KiwiBuild programme, despite Opposition claims. read more
Banker pay and risk culture 'major concerns' 05 April 2018 5:46PM An excess focus on return measures and lacklustre reviews by boards of the pay arrangements for their bank's most senior staff feature in an APRA review. Bad outcomes on banker pay are "a product of s.. read more
Briefs: CommBank CBA hit by all-day mystery outage, ASIC''s new client money rules, RMBS deals launc 05 April 2018 5:10PM Commonwealth Bank customers had a choppy time of it yesterday (4 April) with the activist website aussieoutages.com reporting the first notifications that the CBA system was down had started by 8.04 a.. read more
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Briefs: VW Australia back for more ABS funding, Moody's reports on collateral 04 April 2018 4:28PM Volkswagen Financial Services Pty Ltd are marketing Driver Australia Five, an Australian denominated asset backed securitisation deal, with notes totalling A$699 million on issue. read more
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Unity Bank to merge with second coastal mutual 03 April 2018 4:06PM Central Coast Credit Union has reached out to a second-choice merger partner following the calling off of its plans to merge with Australian Military Bank. read more
Foreign news: Easter ringfencing at Barclays and in Russia, Phishing scam nets football club 03 April 2018 4:03PM Returning from their Easter break, 30,000 Barclays Bank staff have found themselves working for the "biggest banking start-up ever". read more
APRA sets out its near term agenda 29 March 2018 5:52PM APRA chairman Wayne Byres, flanked by his senior management team, fronted the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics at Parliament House, Canberra. read more
Least-cost routing sends new customers to Tyro 29 March 2018 5:38PM Specialist small business bank Tyro Payments is winning new merchant customers after its pioneering move two weeks ago to introduce least-cost routing on contactless debit card transactions. read more