Kiwi insurers under fire 22 July 2021 6:13AM Scores of fire and general insurers operating in New Zealand have been found deficient and some ordered to start customer remediation after an FMA report found widespread conduct and culture issues. read more
Briefs: MoneyMe repays AOFM, ASIC releases reference checking protocol, Earlypay partners with Ebury 21 July 2021 6:01AM Consumer lender MoneyMe has refinanced an A$80 million Australian Office of Financial Management investment in its warehouse. read more
Briefs: Former ABC boss joins BNK board, Credit Corp appoints director 16 July 2021 5:54AM Michelle Guthrie, who was the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2016 and 2018, has joined the board of BNK Banking Corp. read more
Briefs: EML director quits, FINSIA offers banking course in NZ, TechLend launches with bridging loan 14 July 2021 5:52AM EML Payments non-executive director Kirstin Ferguson has stood down from the board, effective this week. read more
Briefs: HGH COO resigns, SWIFT payee verification, Cape a Mastercard principal 12 July 2021 5:50AM Heartland Group chief operating officer, Laura Byrne, will leave the company at the end of the year. read more
Briefs: Westpac adds leave entitlement, Tic:Toc goes below 1.9 per cent, MyState Banks beefs up mark 09 July 2021 5:54AM Westpac will provide employees with five days of paid leave for miscarriage in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. read more
Briefs: Bluestone upgrades with Mambu, Westpac suffers another outage 06 July 2021 6:15AM Bluestone has gone live with a new lending platform, using a Mambu core on a cloud-based platform hosted by Amazon Web Services. read more
Briefs: BOQ completes ME deal, Propell partners with Zip, withdrawal from the Pacific 02 July 2021 5:46AM Bank of Queensland completed its A$1.3 billion acquisition of ME Bank yesterday. read more
Briefs: PwC appoints financial services leader, Afterpay extends US service, new MyState director 25 June 2021 6:07AM PwC has appointed Tom Gunson as financial services leader for Australia across the firm’s consulting, assurance and financial advisory businesses. read more
Briefs: ME acquisition approved, regulatory problems not slowing EML down 22 June 2021 6:16AM Completion of the Bank of Queensland’s acquisition of ME Bank is expected on July 1, now Treasury has approved the deal. read more