China opens bond market to foreign investors 27 July 2016 4:19PM At a time when fixed income investments across the globe are seeing plenty of activity, China, the world's largest domestic bond market player is seeking to join in. read more
Foreign exchange traders book a busy half-year 26 July 2016 4:16PM The Australian Foreign Exchange Committee published its half-yearly report on foreign exchange turnover yesterday, showing a continued lift in activity. read more
Online marketplaces boost niche payments players 26 July 2016 4:14PM Non-bank foreign exchange and money transfer service World First has moved into a niche market, setting up 'receiving accounts' allowing smaller e-commerce players to receive sales proceeds in a local.. read more
People are the primary cybercrime attack vectors, not systems 21 July 2016 4:16PM Kevin Mitnick, who once topped the FBI's list of most wanted hackers before re-inventing himself as a "white hat" IT security adviser, has warned that Australian banks bulking up with anti-cyber attac.. read more
Westpac sets healthy buzz 20 July 2016 4:21PM Westpac has begun to make good on its A$10 million promise in April to support 200 small but highly promising "young" businesses ahead of the bank's 200-year celebrations in 2017. read more
China slowdown felt by APAC's loan market makers 20 July 2016 4:17PM Syndicated lending in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) for the period to June 2016 was down 13 per cent to US$211 billion, compared to loan volumes for same period last year. The number of loans transacted tot.. read more
Peppermint Innovation signs up major Philippines bill aggregator 19 July 2016 4:14PM Peppermint Innovation Limited, a Perth based ASX-listed provider of mobile banking, payments and remittance technology, yesterday unveiled an agreement with CIS Bayad Center (CBCI) in the Philippines. read more
Ratesetter locks in cost of tracking SMSF loans 19 July 2016 4:12PM Class, a provider of cloud-based self-managed super fund administration software, has signed off on integration with RateSetter, provider of peer-to-peer lending to retail investors and SMSFs. read more
Insto-funded fintech biting into 'neglected' SME invoice financing 14 July 2016 3:54PM One of the quiet achievers on the fintech front has been peer-to-peer and marketplace cash flow funding company The Invoice Market - recently rebranded as 'tim'. read more
Regulation crucial to stable society: RBA 13 July 2016 4:27PM Luci Ellis, the Head of Financial Stability Department at the Reserve Bank of Australia, yesterday told the Sydney Banking and Financial Stability Conference that banks would "always need to be regula.. read more