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Australian Payments Council chair Robert Milliner has been appointed as the independent convener of a special industry committee examining NPP Australia’s proposed merger with BPay and Eftpos. read more

NPP Australia “must simply double down on efforts to grow and evolve the NPP and its capabilities,” chairman Bob McKinnon says. And if there’s a formula that explains the rationale for seeking to merg.. read more

Scott Farrell from King & Wood Malleson’s fintech legal practice yesterday landed another gig running a top level government review, this time as chair of the Treasury inquiry into governance and.. read more

A leading bank analyst has questioned the Morrison Government’s rationale for suspending responsible lending laws, saying the move is unlikely to increase the flow of credit in the economy. read more

Controversial neobank Xinja faces another potential roadblock to the launch of its US share trading platform known as “Dabble”. read more

NAB got off lightly, unlike ASIC, with a judge scathing at the lack of thoroughness in a case leading to civil penalty of $15 million over the bank’s rotten spot and refer program. read more

Australia’s largest mortgage aggregation group, AFG, posted record loan origination volumes in the September quarter on the back of a rebound in demand from first home buyers and home renovators. read more

After the shortest AGM in more than a decade, retail shareholders have accused Commonwealth Bank of fleecing them of their opportunity to question the board. read more

Mortgage aggregators say that most lenders have committed to pay trail commissions to brokers on thousands of home loans subject to extended repayment holidays. read more

Payments innovator, Heritage Bank, is set to deepen its presence in the digital payments market with the launch of new Eftpos-enabled services for users of Samsung Pay. read more