'Paltry' BBSW penalty for Westpac 12 November 2018 4:55PM Westpac will pay the maximum penalty - A$3 million - for its unconscionable conduct and breaches of its financial services licensee obligations for its trading in the bank bill swap market on five occ.. read more
Foreign News: AMEX into China, Supermarkets win over ATM operators on appeal 12 November 2018 4:51PM American Express has won approval for a clearing and settlement license from the Chinese central bank, allowing it to become the first foreign card scheme to be granted direct access to China's bank c.. read more
Police overreach dooms trials 09 November 2018 5:33PM Four finance executives, including a CEO, will no longer face a criminal trial, following a High Court ruling yesterday. read more
A major shortfall in bank capital 09 November 2018 5:32PM Australia's biggest and most complex banks will have four years to conjure up the extra capital to meet a lofty minimum total capital ratio target of around 19 per cent. read more
Maximum angst over Westpac bills 09 November 2018 5:31PM Westpac will learn this afternoon the size of the penalty it will pay following an adverse judgment in May centred on unconscionable conduct in the bank bill market in recent years. read more
Frosty responses complicate Hayne review 09 November 2018 5:29PM The industry's steely profit maximisation ethic, a relentless focus on product sales and "complexity" on the part of both banks and regulators sums up responses from major stakeholders to the interim.. read more
Briefs: Pacific infrabank, AMP sub debt and more 09 November 2018 5:18PM Australia is ramping up its commitment to the Pacific, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison promising to set up a A$2 billion infrastructure bank to issue grants and long-term loans for "high priority".. read more
Briefs: Westpac likely to lose NZ Government contract, Big tweak for KiwiBuild program 08 November 2018 5:09PM It looks likely that Westpac NZ will lose the contract to provide transactional banking services to 35 New Zealand government agencies when the current contract expires in 2023, with local bank Kiwiba.. read more
Brief: Gympie Credit Union averts operating loss with sale 07 November 2018 5:05PM Gympie Credit Union just averted an operating loss over the 2018 financial year, via a gain on sale from the disposal of a small shareholding in Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. read more
Foreign news: OnDeck lifts revenue and yields, 'overbiffing' on debts 07 November 2018 5:04PM NYSE-listed online small business lender OnDeck has announced third quarter 2018 net income of US$9.8 million, an improvement on the net loss of US$4.1 million in the comparable period last year. read more