Banked buys Waave for A2A 15 October 2024 6:14AM London-based account-to-account payments provider Banked will deepen its early mover advantage in the Australian market through the acquisition of fintech Waave. read more
SMEs seek to parley on payments fees 11 October 2024 6:13AM Small businesses and their industry associations are beginning to mobilise to jointly bargain with banks and payments services providers over payments fees. read more
Pandemic-era TFF a 'success': RBA Review 10 October 2024 6:28AM The Reserve Bank’s Term Funding Facility - a bedrock of industry funding from March 2020 to June 2024 – has been branded “effective” by the RBA in its Review of the facility. read more
NZ's Armourguard forges cash-in-transit monopoly 09 October 2024 5:56AM It’s buddy up or go bust in cash-in-transit, in New Zealand at least. read more
The Mutual resets its horizons 09 October 2024 5:16AM The Mutual Bank is looking for payoffs from its long-term investments and has revised short-term thinking on provisions. read more
Westpac targeted on transition plans 09 October 2024 5:11AM Westpac shareholders will be asked to consider a pair of provocative resolutions lobbed by the activist group Market Forces at its annual meeting. read more
RAB branches deep in regional Australia 08 October 2024 6:42AM Holding on to a traditional branch-based, and higher cost operating model, Regional Australia Bank continues to set standards for the mutual banking sector, for persistence if not such robust profitab.. read more
ANZ settles class actions for 99m 08 October 2024 6:38AM ANZ has agreed to settle a pair of class actions, one concerning one that plaintiffs termed predatory lending. read more
Westpac settles 3-year pay deal 08 October 2024 6:35AM Westpac employee earning less than $102,000 will receive a 5% upfront pay increase in the first year of a new three-year pay deal. read more
Resimac buy dregs of Westpac car finance 04 October 2024 6:44AM Seven years after it set out to do so, Westpac is getting close to finally finishing offloading its vehicle finance receivables. read more