Briefs: Appointments for ANZ, SWIFT, IpsomPrime and others 22 January 2015 4:52PM Sean Birchley, ANZ's general manager of corporate and commercial banking for Queensland and the Northern Territory, will add international and institutional banking to his state-based responsibilities.. read more
Banks edge towards carbon finance disclosure 19 December 2014 4:54PM Following the final two AGMs for Australia's Big Four banks, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has congratulated the banks on what it said was improved disclosure as to how much car.. read more
RBA reshapes payment card access regimes 19 December 2014 4:53PM The Reserve Bank has varied the access regimes for the MasterCard and Visa credit card systems and revoked the access regime for the Visa Debit system. read more
NAB the big business satisfaction improver in 2014 19 December 2014 4:50PM As 2014 comes to an end, NAB has made up ground on its Big Four rivals in terms of satisfaction among its all-important business customers, according to DBM Consultants' final Business Financial Servi.. read more
Closing money remitters' accounts equals financial exclusion 18 December 2014 5:19PM The remittance industry provides international money transfer services for migrant workers and others looking to send relatively small amounts of money overseas, but is under threat of "unintended con.. read more
RMBS market looking sound for 2015: Fitch 18 December 2014 5:15PM In a report published yesterday, Fitch Ratings said it expected the ratings and asset performance of Asia-Pacific structured finance transactions - a sector dominated by Australian transactions - to r.. read more
ASIC to track financial attitudes and behaviour 18 December 2014 5:11PM ASIC has released a new piece of research exploring key financial attitudes and behaviours of Australian consumers and investors. The agency said its Australian Financial Attitudes and Behaviour Track.. read more
BOQ proves wife knew full effects of guarantee 18 December 2014 5:09PM Justice David Jackson, in the Supreme Court of Queensland, has dismissed a claim of "special disadvantage" by a wife who guaranteed several Bank of Queensland loans - including one for $773,000 that w.. read more
Brief: Smartpay launches into taxi payments, Storn Financial settlement questioned by victim 18 December 2014 5:07PM Smartpay Taxis, the newly launched subsidiary of payments provider Smartpay Australia, has signed up its first major customer, Cabit Taxicabs, one of Victoria's largest taxi companies. read more
Farm politics force ANZ moratorium 12 December 2014 4:19PM ANZ will adopt a one-year "moratorium on farm repossessions" in northern and western Queensland and north-west New South Wales, the bank declared yesterday. read more