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Intermittent service outages at ANZ on Tuesday could delay the processing of payroll and other high value payments until Thursday morning. read more

Assessment turnaround times have blown out again at ANZ, with some home borrowers having to wait almost six weeks for the bank to evaluate their loan applications. read more

Australian retailers are being warned to monitor their monthly merchant service plan statements amid concern that banks have begun to pass on fresh fee hikes. read more

Linfox Armaguard has struck agreements with Suncorp and three customer-owned banks that will give more than 1 million customers fee-free access to the company’s automated teller network. read more

The chair of the federal government’s review of payments regulation says the Reserve Bank will play a critical role in the regulatory framework in the future but Treasury will act as “coach”. read more

Latitude Financial faces a public backlash after a controversial decision to abandon the rewards programs attached to several of its Visa and Mastercard products. read more

ASIC’s criminal case against Members Equity Bank in the Federal Court is shaping as another watershed moment in the regulation of banks and credit providers across the country. read more

Armaguard will take over the mandate to maintain and service National Australia Bank’s automated teller network after edging out NCR and Prosegur to secure the contract. read more

American buy now pay later giant Affirm Inc is set to follow its largest merchant partner – Peloton Interactive – into the Australian market after establishing an operating subsidiary in Sydney. read more

Commonwealth Bank has come in for another pummelling from customers on social media after the bank’s online and mobile banking systems suffered a six-hour service outage across Australia on Sunday. read more