Farm Management Deposits scheme not up to scratch 02 July 2019 4:51PM Administration of the $6.6 billion Farm Management Deposit Scheme "has not been fully effective." read more
Splitit signs first local partner 02 July 2019 4:49PM Payments company Splitit has signed up its first Australian client, the online retailer Kogan. read more
Mortgage market conditions bad, big banks even worse 01 July 2019 1:22PM While housing credit growth keeps plumbing new depths, the big banks are struggling to keep pace with extremely modest system growth. Official data for the month of May for now defies the ca.. read more
Bravura increases GBST offer - again 28 June 2019 9:51AM Banking software supplier GBST has received its third takeover offer from Bravura Solutions in three months. And it has had approaches from other parties. read more
Investec granted a banking licence 28 June 2019 9:49AM Investec Australia, which has been in the local market for the past 20 years, will start operating as a foreign authorised deposit-taking institution on July 1. read more
Macquarie makes its credit cards more user friendly 28 June 2019 9:46AM Macquarie Bank hopes to boost its appeal to travellers and online shoppers, with the announcement that it has removed international transaction fees on overseas purchases. The change applies to all Ma.. read more
ASIC maps out its approach to product intervention 27 June 2019 10:50AM The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made it clear that there does not need to be a breach of the law for it to use its new product intervention power. read more
Facebook's Libra will come in for plenty of local regulatory attention 26 June 2019 11:27AM Facebook will attract the attention of several financial regulators when it makes its cryptocurrency, Libra coin, available here, according to a lawyer specialising in blockchain and cryptocurrency. read more
Zip trade mark a bruiser 25 June 2019 8:06AM A trademark dispute between Firstmac and Zip Money, which has been going on since 2016, is about to get another airing. read more
APRA wants more action on climate 25 June 2019 8:03AM The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says it is embedding the assessment of climate risk into its ongoing supervisory activities, and it wants the financial services industry to do more to i.. read more