Briefs: Credit Union SA sign up new director, AMP looks for a new marketer, ANZ tracks rise in mobi 25 January 2018 5:31PM Credit Union SA, that state's third largest credit union, has boosted its board's retail banking and risk management experience with the appointment of Philip Riquier. read more
Foreign news: China's shadow banks in decline, Mastercard looks to biometrics, WeChat Pay to allow f 25 January 2018 5:29PM Standard and Poor's says heightened regulatory scrutiny in China will result in a slowdown of shadow-banking activity and see banks writing off more credit losses in 2018. read more
US wire fraud scammers may reimburse Aussie victims 24 January 2018 5:40PM An agreement by Western Union to pay a penalty of US$586 million to the United States Department of Justice, after admitting to aiding and abetting wire fraud, might see refunds paid to some Australia.. read more
Briefs: New Tyro CEO to expand business banking, Digital start-up bank Xinja close to launch, Aussie 24 January 2018 5:35PM Outgoing chief executive of Tatts, Robbie Cooke, is to become CEO of Tyro from the end of March 2018. read more
Foreign news: South Korea bans anonymous cryptocurrency wallets 24 January 2018 5:31PM South Korea is banning the use of anonymous bank accounts to make cryptocurrency transactions, in a bid to limit the use of virtual currencies for crimes such as money laundering. read more
Club loans head down in APAC, up in Australasia 23 January 2018 4:49PM Syndicated loan volume in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) for the 2017 calendar year continued to decline, along with the number of transactions, but there was a rise in both volume and numb.. read more
Briefs: BOQ pitches new 5-year bonds, mutual banks in change management mode 23 January 2018 4:47PM Bank of Queensland has mandated ANZ, NAB, UBS and Westpac for a benchmark five-year senior unsecured bond transaction. read more
Foreign news: UK fee disclosure rules ruffle managers 23 January 2018 4:44PM New EU disclosure rules known as Mifid II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II) took effect on January 3, have revealed the hidden costs investors have been paying. read more
Paymark finally sold 22 January 2018 3:11AM Ingenico Group late last week confirmed they will be the new owner of Paymark, the dominant payment network in New Zealand. Ingenico will pay NZ$190 million in total to the four major local banks tha.. read more
Banks shield employee views on reform 22 January 2018 3:08AM Banks are "yet to determine" the industry's "longer term position on reporting of employee survey results," Ian McPhee wrote in his seventh "independent governance expert report" for the Australi.. read more