Briefs: Austrac CEO resigns, Easter spending peaks, CBA's €750 million new covered bonds 13 April 2017 4:00PM Australia's largest debit card system, eftpos, is predicting the number of transactions on its network in the days leading up to Easter will peak today. read more
Foreign news: China's Big Four told to ease back on home loan approvals, Visa tightens up on contact 13 April 2017 3:59PM Mortgages drove new loan growth of between 64 and 82 per cent, respectively, at China's four largest commercial banks in 2016, according to online news service Caixin. read more
Briefs: Goldfields remittance push, Stargroup stumps up 12 April 2017 3:12PM Goldfields Money plans to push into the remittance sector, reaching an understanding with Singapore headquartered InstaRem. read more
Brief: Westpac enables Samsung Pay 11 April 2017 3:27PM Westpac Banking Corp will enable Samsung Pay from today. read more
Foreign News: Sharia start-up in the UK 11 April 2017 3:26PM A London-based start-up claims it is the first sharia-compliant fintech to be given regulatory approval in the UK. read more
Jobs and news aplenty in banking 10 April 2017 4:08PM There's around 80 job listings this morning at the Banking Day job board. It's a diverse mix. Feel free to refer these listings to friends or colleagues, or delve in yourself. read more
Briefs: Ramsay EDR review done, Walter on advice watch, Medcraft digs bank crowd challenge and more 10 April 2017 3:56PM A panel headed by Professor Ian Ramsay into external dispute resolution schemes, including the Financial Ombudsman Service, the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and the Credit and Investments Ombu.. read more
Brief: Moody's warns on mortgage arrears 07 April 2017 5:02PM Moody's Investors Service warned that the proportion of Australian residential mortgages more than 30 days in arrears rose to 1.52 per cent in November 2016. read more
Debelle's capital flows 101 lesson for bank funding 07 April 2017 4:52PM Over the past year or so, Australian banks have reduced their short-term debt issuance in preparation for the introduction of the Net Stable Funding Ratio next year read more
Fintechs: friend or foe 07 April 2017 3:03PM Today's companies are too focused on start-ups at the expense of other potential sources of disruption, and in five years we won't even be talking about them anymore, according to PwC. read more