Briefs: Business lending jumps, loan impairment on the way up 22 January 2018 3:06AM A revision to October 2017 data may have amplified a double digit lift in the level of business lending in November. read more
Briefs: Hallmark admits mis-selling insurance, finance sector job numbers slide, CCB now a registere 22 December 2017 5:58PM Hallmark General Insurance Company Ltd (trading as Latitude Insurance) will refund approximately A$1.1 million to 905 customers after it mis-sold consumer credit insurance with Latitude personal loans.. read more
Foreign news: Japan and Korea to pilot Ripple transfers 22 December 2017 5:56PM Japanese and Korean banks are to run pilot trials of real-time cross-border funds transfers over the Ripple network. read more
Brief: Investment bankers line-up for Prospa IPO 21 December 2017 6:28PM The AFR's Street Talk understands a handful of banks have pitched to Prospa's chief executives Greg Moshal and Beau Bertoli in recent weeks, ahead of a possible ASX listing. read more
Foreign news: UK stays open to foreign banks, Bitcoin exchange problems widen, a disastrous year, Ta 21 December 2017 5:55PM The Bank of England said it would keep the UK's financial system open to foreign institutions after Brexit. read more
Foreign news: Swap rate rigging costs Barclays trader, 1MDB scandal takes down two more 20 December 2017 5:08PM A former Barclays trader will have nearly £300,000 "confiscated" for manipulating the Libor (the UK equivalent of the BBSW), reports Bloomberg. read more
CHOICE slams new industry code of conduct 19 December 2017 5:39PM Consumer advocate CHOICE has issued a damning assessment of the new superannuation and life insurance industry code of conduct, claiming important consumer protections have been stripped from it. read more
Briefs: ANZ names new head of US arm, heart attack pain for CommInsure, Rabobank NZ picks new CEO, 19 December 2017 5:30PM ANZ's top executive in Japan, Grant Knuckey, is preparing to relocate to New York after he was appointed to head up the company's US operations. read more
Foreign News: UK banks fret over BREXIT impact 19 December 2017 5:28PM Britain's largest banks have written an open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May calling on the government to ensure financial regulation remains aligned with the European Union under a BREXIT deal. read more
eChoice folds into CommBank 18 December 2017 4:55PM Commonwealth Bank of Australia will take control of another, once independent, mortgage origination platform following an agreement to buy the assets of the eChoice group from administrators. read more