Overseas briefs: Bank of America must allow shareholder vote on breakup, Spanish bank buys TSB 23 March 2015 4:36PM Bank of America must allow shareholders to vote on a proposal calling for the bank to consider spinning off its investment banking business, after US regulators told the bank it could not exclude the.. read more
Briefs: RAMS website retains more customers, KPMG buys cyber security firm 20 March 2015 4:41PM According to the Global Reviews Home Loans Industry Digital Marketing & Sales Effectiveness Report, the RAMS website offers consumers the best experience during the "consideration" phase of home l.. read more
Overseas briefs: ICICI Bank exits Russia, ABN AMRO to re-enter India, slowdown in bank lending to Ch 20 March 2015 4:38PM ndia's largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank, has sold its profit-making Russian subsidiary ICICI Bank Eurasia to Sovcombank, marking its exit from Russia. read more
Briefs: Jobs market predicted to rise, Westpac's Whitfield on Asia, Tower's new CFO in NZ, Whittaker 19 March 2015 5:20PM According to the Adecco Employment and Talent Report 2015, the major recruitment trend across Australia's banking sector is an increase in permanent recruitment. read more
Overseas news briefs: Goldman loses Asia retail banking head, crowdfunding gathers pace, foreign inv 19 March 2015 5:15PM Sindy Wan, a managing director in Goldman Sachs' Hong Kong Office, has left the bank. Wan, who spent 13 years with the company, specialised in the Asian consumer and retail sectors. read more
WEX Australia a new MasterCard scheme member 18 March 2015 4:26PM US payments company WEX Inc has announced that one of its divisions, WEX Finance, has received a MasterCard issuing licence in Australia. read more
Briefs: Citi Australia CEO to step down, Swiss FX shock claims NZ's LQD Markets, dormant account rul 18 March 2015 4:23PM Citi Australia chief executive chief executive Stephen Roberts is standing down and will become the bank's chairman, according to a report in The Australian. read more
Overseas briefs: HKMA nominates five D-SIBs, Europeans joins AIIB 18 March 2015 4:22PM The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the designation of five banks as domestic systemically important authorised institutions (D-SIBs). read more
Briefs: James Symond takes the reins at Aussie, National Mortgage Co and Australian First Mortgage m 17 March 2015 4:28PM More than six months after Ian Corfield quit the top job at Aussie Home Loans, the company has announced the appointment of James Symond as the new chief executive. read more
Overseas briefs: Banco de Madrid files for bankruptcy, SBI denies report it will reject Adani loan 17 March 2015 4:27PM Reports that State Bank of India was set to reject Adani Group's A$1billion loan application for its Australian coal project were "all gossip", bank chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said. read more