Briefs: House affordability steady for a year, Liberty prices $750m RMBS issue, Roy Morgan reports r 28 September 2018 4:47PM Moody's Investors Service says that housing affordability for new mortgage borrowers improved over the year to August 2018, when a number of major banks raised their mortgage interest rates. read more
Briefs: BNZ wins out for online banking, Kiwi finance company defends money laundering charges, brok 27 September 2018 4:45PM NAB's Kiwi subsidiary BNZ has been named New Zealand Bank of the Year in Canstar's annual online banking report. read more
Foreign news: US DoJ queries Wells Fargo over tax credits, US Fed starts a rate-lifting program 27 September 2018 4:43PM Wells Fargo has suspended two senior employees in its community lending and investment unit amid a US inquiry into the bank's purchase of low-income housing tax credits. read more
Non-bank digital payments swamp bank-owed systems 26 September 2018 5:10PM The digital payments market is experiencing rapid disruption, with non-bank contactless or cardless mobile payment systems now being used by more Australians than bank-owned systems, according to a ne.. read more
Brief: NAB introducer who wasn't avoids jail 26 September 2018 5:04PM A Melbourne photocopier technician who received almost A$800,000 in commissions from NAB has avoided jail for his part in the loan scam. read more
Foreign News: Argentina's central bank chief resigns, scammers make it big in UK 26 September 2018 5:01PM Luis Caputo, the head of Argentina's central bank, has resigned in the middle of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. read more
Brief: Money laundering risk for super funds and travel cards 25 September 2018 4:37PM Austrac has warned that retail and industry super funds are potential targets of criminal groups looking for new ways to launder money. read more
Brief: Hayne hits the mark 24 September 2018 4:12PM The royal commission into banking and financial services misconduct has achieved cut through with the general public, a new survey shows. read more
Kiwi financial services escape GST and transaction taxes 21 September 2018 4:54PM New Zealand's Tax Working Group, set up by the Labour-led coalition government to make recommendations on an overhaul of the entire tax system, has shied away from calling for GST to be levied on fina.. read more
Briefs: NPP transactions hit $15 billion, fake apps scam hits major banks, Liberty to launch new RMB 21 September 2018 4:49PM More than A$15 billion has been processed on the New Payments Platform as of the end of August. read more