Newcastle Permanent increases in all directions 29 September 2017 4:47PM Newcastle Permanent released its results for 2016/17, revealing it had another good year as customer deposits increased by 11.1 per cent, propelling total funding to A$9.9 billion, and helping to make.. read more
Average focus, below average outcome 29 September 2017 3:02PM A boutique fund manager has asserted that the Australian corporate bond market - unlike other many other overblown asset classes - currently represents fair value for investors. read more
Economic balance tilts back to Europe 29 September 2017 3:00PM The global economy is continuing its recovery, with the growth in world trade stronger than anticipated at the start of the year. read more
Which bank did an IT offshoring deal? 27 September 2017 3:30PM The Commonwealth Bank has leapt into action after reports emerged that it was "outsourcing" aspects of its IT security, stating that "reports suggesting we are stepping back from cyber security are in.. read more
Teachers, auto club in Queensland tie-up 26 September 2017 4:49PM RACQ has staked its claim as the first automobile club in the world to launch a mutual bank, with 13 RACQ Bank stores opening in Queensland yesterday. read more
First largescale cost for ATM reprogram 26 September 2017 4:41PM US company Cardtronics, operator of ATMs in several countries - including Australia - was caught out by the Big Four's move to remove transaction fees on their fleets of cash machines. read more
Regional banks reposition for a level playing field 25 September 2017 4:38PM Expect to see the phrase "competitive neutrality" figure strongly in the next phase of debates over banking regulation. This concept, accompanied by calls to level the playing field, was a feature of.. read more
Australia's fintech sectors take of 22 September 2017 4:57PM A report by research teams from Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the Tsinghua University Graduate School at Shenzhen and the Australian Centre for Financial Studies at Monash Business Scho.. read more
CBA to sell life insurance businesses to AIA 22 September 2017 3:48PM In a move pitched as giving its customers a wider and deeper range of bancassurance choices, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia is set to sell all its life insurance businesses in Australia and New Ze.. read more
Fed begins to unwind quantitative easing 21 September 2017 4:21PM The US Federal Reserve has announced that, starting in October 2017, it will gradually and predictably reduce its securities holdings by decreasing the reinvestment of principal payments held in the S.. read more