Secured P2P lender ThinCats up and running 03 December 2014 5:00PM UK-based peer-to-peer business lending platform ThinCats made its Australian debut yesterday. read more
Finance union unable to stem member slide 03 December 2014 4:59PM Membership of the Finance Sector Union fell 1619, or four per cent, to 35,882 over the year to June 2014. Membership is down 10,568 over six years. read more
Westpac tangled in "unregistered investment scheme" 03 December 2014 4:58PM The alleged involvement of Westpac's St George division in a so far little scrutinised "unregistered managed investment scheme" has been ventilated in a case heard by the Supreme Court of New South Wa.. read more
Briefs: CBA pick business chief, Eftpos hub busy and credit access uncontroversial 02 December 2014 4:03PM Adam Bennett will be the new group executive, business and private banking at Commonwealth Bank, replacing Grahame Peterson who retires early next year. read more
Macquarie mortgage book balloons 01 December 2014 4:48PM The stellar growth in the home loan book of Macquarie Bank is a highlight, once more, of APRA's monthly data set on banks' portfolios. read more
Murray report countdown 01 December 2014 4:48PM Expectations are high, centred on thin evidence, that the final report of the Financial System Inquiry will be released next weekend, probably on Sunday. read more
First Folio makes its eChoice 01 December 2014 4:45PM First Folio chief executive Peter Andronicus spelled out plans to "double settlement volumes over the next five years," at the company's annual meeting in Sydney on Friday. read more
Briefs: New ANZ India CEO, APRA disinterested in macro-prudentials and AMP wary on NAB 01 December 2014 4:42PM ANZ appointed Sanjeev Bajaj as CEO for India, reporting to CEO International Banking Farhan Faruqui. read more
Tighter affordability tests tipped by S&P 28 November 2014 5:03PM Measures to strengthen debt serviceability assessments are among "likelier options" that may be adopted by bank regulators in Australia to curtail prudential risks from home price growth, Standard &am.. read more
Catholic Super revs Transcomm 28 November 2014 5:02PM Transcomm Credit Union is negotiating an "evolving strategic relationship" with Catholic Super Fund, an alliance intended to allay the weak capital and high cost base of the Melbourne-based ADI. read more