A most Regal non-bank 04 June 2024 7:50AM Regal Partners Limited is sealing its position as one of the fastest-growing non-banks, yesterday announcing that on Sunday night it reached terms to Merricks Capital. read more
‘Save our BNPL sales’ cry ARA 04 June 2024 7:46AM With retail sales of $18.4 billion attributed to the loosely regulated buy now pay later credit sector, the Australian Retailers Association is anxious that regulatory reforms will be, as prom.. read more
Four weeks to TFF deadline 02 June 2024 9:38PM Pre-payments by banks ahead of the repayment deadline for the Term Funding Facility have been flowing through, with $30 billion repaid over the last 10 weeks. There is another $65 billion to go. read more
Islamic Money takes second crack at banking 02 June 2024 9:33PM With little money left in the tank, Islamic Money Australia is revving for another try at a successful banking entry. read more
Payroll auxiliary bloated and bashful 02 June 2024 9:30PM In a marker of trends bound to be reflected more widely across the financial services industry, payrolls and employment numbers in what the ABS labels ‘Auxiliary finance and insurance services’ are –.. read more
NZ banks defer regional branch closures 02 June 2024 9:26PM A trial of regional banking hubs in New Zealand has flopped, and so instead NZ’s five largest banks will extend their commitment not to close regional branches for the next three years. read more
Revamping history, ANZ style 31 May 2024 3:56PM The much enlarged and reconsidered ANZ Bank museum in Collins Street in Melbourne is worth a bit of time. read more
Stress volcanic at next rate rise 31 May 2024 6:12AM A whopping 78 per cent of mortgaged households polled by Redbridge Consulting say they will experience either “a great deal of stress” or “some stress” in the event the RBA were to hike the cash rate.. read more
Mortgage broker share hits 74% 31 May 2024 6:07AM Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia’s latest data shows that between January and March 2024, 74.1 per cent of all new home loans were written by mortgage brokers. read more
Illigit to debank s*x workers 31 May 2024 6:03AM A Melbourne s*x worker has resolved a discrimination case against two Australian financial service providers that will protect others in the sex work industry from falling victim to “debanking”, plain.. read more