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The approach of open banking, slated for February 2020, is raising strategic concerns, rather than technical questions, at some of Australia's neobanks and smaller banks. read more

Australia's next generation of so-called neobanks are relying on open banking to lift their businesses from niche players to serious mainstream banking contenders, without delay. read more

Allied Credit, specialist financier for the motorcycling and marine sectors, has appointed a new chief executive and revamped its management team in a bid to expand its motor vehicle finance business. read more

Newcastle Permanent's annual results for FY2019, show the mutual's net after-tax profits dropped almost 20 per cent, compared to its prior FY2017/18 year. read more

Diversified wealth manager and non-bank lender La Trobe Financial has disclosed the pricing for its latest residential mortgage backed securities issue, which it said attracted strong levels of over-s.. read more

APRA has set itself an "ambitious agenda" for monitoring the governance, culture, remuneration and accountability of the expanded range of entities it now supervises. read more

APRA has announced a string of executive appointments as it moves to an industry-based supervision model for the banking, superannuation and insurance sectors. read more

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been out and about for a second day, exhorting the major banks to pass the full 0.25 per cent cash rate cut to their customers, to no avail. read more

Liberty Financial has priced the first securitisation of its small-to-medium business loans for 2019, raising $550 million from a range of investors. read more

At the Suncorp AGM yesterday shareholders were assured the company's investment in digital technology was set to reap rewards in the form of lower cost and increased operational efficiency in FY20. read more