Payments fintechs merge 07 April 2020 4:19PM Payments company Novatti has acquired a rival payments processing company, Emersion. read more
Repayment deferrals will not impact credit reports 07 April 2020 4:17PM The banking industry is changing its credit reporting protocol as part of its COVID-19 response. read more
A tale of two rate cuts 06 April 2020 4:14PM Lenders reacted very differently to the two cash rate cuts the Reserve Bank announced last month. Following the first cash rate reduction, 70 lenders passed on the full 25 basis point reduction to the.. read more
Arrears alerts 06 April 2020 4:13PM Lenders have started to advise investors that they can expect to see an increase in arrears. read more
Contactless limit $200 06 April 2020 4:11PM The limit for contactless payments is being increased from A$100 to $200 to help reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission by physical contact with payment terminals. read more
RBNZ suspends bank dividend payments 03 April 2020 5:17PM The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has reached an agreement with the county's banks that they will not pay dividends on ordinary shares "until further notice". read more
CBA tops up customer support measures 03 April 2020 5:14PM Commonwealth Bank has added to its customer support measures, offering a one-time payment to all customers who are receiving a home loan repayment deferral. read more
Credit fund to pay interest out of cash reserves 03 April 2020 5:06PM Metrics Credit Partners, which manages two ASX-listed credit funds and originates its own corporate loans, has reported that some of its borrowers are seeking to defer interest payments until their op.. read more
RBA bond buying hits the spot 02 April 2020 5:09PM The Reserve Bank bought A$21 billion of government bonds between March 20 and March 27 and had a material impact on yields, according to analysis of the quantitative easing program the central bank an.. read more
AOFM spells out the SFSF ground rules 02 April 2020 5:08PM The Structured Finance Support Fund will operate in primary and secondary markets for term securitisation programs, as well as new and existing warehouses, the Australian Office of Financial Managemen.. read more