Chifley Securities launches aggregation lending division 08 September 2017 3:31PM Non-bank finance group Chifley Securities is launching a new lending division targeting brokers and their clients. read more
Briefs: ANZ says 'G'day' to its first chief design officer, Queensland's first social bond 07 September 2017 4:23PM ANZ has appointed its first chief design officer, Opher Yom-Tov, tasked with building the bank's "human-centred design capability". read more
Foreign news: Five banks in US$110m FX rigging settlement, BNP standardises payments protocol, EC mu 07 September 2017 4:15PM New York federal Judge Lorna Schofield has given preliminary approval to proposed settlements totalling US$111.2 million between five more banks and investors in a wide-ranging suit accusing 16 of the.. read more
A 'tightening of credit': RBA 06 September 2017 3:47PM The drawn out reset of monetary policy in Australia has reached a threshold that suits one monitor, the Reserve Bank of Australia. read more
Introverted banks unwary amid system risks 06 September 2017 3:46PM Individual banks are "more likely to focus on their own risks, rather than the risks to the system as a whole," Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe said last night. Lowe was talking lending.. read more
Briefs: ANZ actions voice ID, Stargroup working on Bitcoin ATMs, cryptocurrencies set to soar 05 September 2017 3:35PM ANZ said it introduced Voice ID technology on mobile banking, allowing customers to make quick 'pay anyone' payments of more than A$1000 on their mobiles. read more
Core SAPs Kiwibank earnings 04 September 2017 3:35PM An impairment of NZ$90 million on an overhaul of the bank's core banking platform has drained the profit of Kiwibank over the year to June 2017. Rumours of difficulty with this project - to replace an.. read more
Whitfield first hire in CBA board shuffle 04 September 2017 3:34PM Rob Whitfield, the former head of Westpac Institutional Bank, will be a nominee for the board of Commonwealth Bank, the Financial Review reports.CBA will also tell investors that three directors will.. read more
Briefs: New board members for CUA and IMB 04 September 2017 3:32PM Andrew Reeves will join the board of Credit Union Australia, filling a spot vacated by Mike Pratt. read more
Too big to fix? CBA fails its own reporting 01 September 2017 4:35PM A leaked confidential review of CBA's institutional banking and markets division appears to show that there has been non-existent or minimal transaction oversight to senior bank executives. read more