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
Brief: Liberty prices $150m senior unsecured notes 29 March 2018 5:37PM Liberty Financial, rated BBB- (stable) by Standard & Poor's, has priced its third senior unsecured medium term note issue. read more
Foreign news: New CEO for Equifax, big banks go big on fossil fuels, a parting shot on bank stabilit 29 March 2018 5:32PM Data and analytics provider Equifax Inc has appointed Mark Begor as chief executive officer, effective 16 April. read more
Cardtronics ATM operator far from independent 28 March 2018 5:29PM ATM provider Cardtronics has admitted that its subsidiary, DC Payments, offered contract terms with small business that may be unfair under the Australian Consumer Law. read more
New binding Code of Banking Practice awaits approval 28 March 2018 5:28PM The ABA's new Banking Code of Practice will be compulsory, binding and enforceable on banks - and although it's yet to be approved by ASIC, it's timing ahead of the Royal Commission is impeccable. read more
Foreign news: Pay gap disclosure not a bonus for banks 28 March 2018 5:26PM The UK requirement that companies with more than 250 staff publish gender pay gap data has forced investment banks to reveal the bonuses they pay women are, on average, over 50 per cent smaller than t.. read more
Briefs: Co-op Money NZ boss Lynch departs, AMP CEO Craig Meller to leave, New policy targets for RBN 27 March 2018 5:52PM Co-op Money NZ, the industry association for credit unions and mutual building societies said that that its chief executive officer, Henry Lynch, will leave the organisation next month after almost ei.. read more
Foreign News: Malware mastermind busted, Twitter cracks down on crypto ads 27 March 2018 5:50PM Spanish police have arrested the Ukrainian mastermind of the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks which targeted over 1000 financial institutions worldwide. read more
Orr wheels drive hard for breacheads 26 March 2018 4:36PM A merciless finale on Friday from lead counsel assisting Rowena Orr has produced the first of many catalogues of misconduct in banking that will form one pillar of the work of the Hayne royal commissi.. read more