Compliance fiasco might hasten BNZ sell-down

At least one other Australian major bank is facing a capital hit from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand after NAB's Kiwi banking subsidiary was forced to stump up an extra NZ$250 million for regulatory.. read more

Suncorp expects margin to stabilise

New Suncorp chief executive Steve Johnston believes the bank's net interest margin will stabilize this year as the benefits of recent deposit repricings take effect. read more

Former BNP execs seek neobank licence

A trio of bankers previously associated with the local operations of BNP Paribas have joined the serpentine queue for a restricted banking licence from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. read more

Fax a fix for NZ RTGS

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand last night would not comment on the cause of an email outage that affected the operation of the country's real time gross settlements system on Monday afternoon. read more

Judo Bank preps brand biff with UK fintech

Another legal battle over intellectual property rights has erupted in the local financial services sector, with fintech startup Judo Bank set to challenge moves by a UK business wanting to trade in Au.. read more

Westpac loosens lending rules again

Westpac has flipped another card in a bid to revive its anaemic mortgage business by loosening the household expenditure benchmark it uses to assess investment borrowers. read more

Australia freezes Revolut rollout

The Australian rollout of UK digital payments provider Revolut has hit a roadblock following a request from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that the company stop activating new cu.. read more