Test patterns from APRA for customer payments 01 October 2015 4:49PM APRA has quietly signalled to banks and other ADIs that it expects them to conduct their own testing of customer payment files on a regular basis. read more
CBA starts to pay out for financial planning remediation 01 October 2015 4:48PM Following revelations that poor financial advice had been provided to the customers of the Commonwealth Bank's wealth management businesses, Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom, the C.. read more
Turn cyber criminals into bank advisers 25 September 2015 4:21PM Cybercrime is too often seen as an entirely negative aspect of modern business. Instead, suggested Deloitte's Asia Pacific cyber lead partner James Nunn-Price, cybercriminals and hackers should be rec.. read more
NAB to pay debts of gambling addict 25 September 2015 4:20PM The National Australia Bank has been held liable to pick up the tab, in effect, for the gambling losses run up by the wife of one of its customers after a NSW Supreme Court Judge agreed he had taken r.. read more
Australian and US tax services set up bank account data swap 24 September 2015 4:36PM Yesterday the Australian Taxation Office gave headline details of its first automatic sharing of bank information with the United States Internal Revenue Service. read more
Comment: Wave of cross-border tax rules ahead for bank sector 24 September 2015 4:35PM The information to be provided by Australian banks on US citizens and residents with Australian bank accounts is the merely first step in what the Australian Tax Office termed "a wave of transparency.. read more
Macquarie cleared by ACCC to buy Esanda 18 September 2015 4:31PM The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced it will not oppose a proposal by Macquarie Group to acquire the Esanda Dealer Finance business. read more
Mortgage arrears on the rise, except in NSW 18 September 2015 4:30PM Moody's Investors Service said delinquencies for residential mortgages decreased in New South Wales from May 2014 to May 2015, but increased for most other Australian states and territories over the s.. read more
Liberty prices $300m SME loan securitisation 18 September 2015 4:29PM Liberty Financial yesterday priced its fourth and largest issue of securities to be backed by a portfolio of small-to-medium enterprise loans. The Liberty Series 2015-1 SME transaction is the specialt.. read more
The risk weighted bank 17 September 2015 4:35PM When it comes to allocating funds for lending, Westpac (like most banks) tends to look at any move away from stale ideas on capital adequacy balance on a risk-adjusted basis. read more