KordaMentha Forensic to monitor CBA financial planners 17 November 2014 4:48PM The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has appointed KordaMentha Forensic to examine two of Commonwealth Bank's finance planning businesses' compliance with their licence conditions. read more
Liberty's second RMBS for the year raises more at a lower cost 17 November 2014 4:48PM Liberty Financial completed its second issue of non-conforming residential mortgage-backed securities for the year on Friday, raising more funds at a tighter margin with the second effort. read more
Debtor finance market flat 17 November 2014 4:47PM The debtor finance market maintained its flat trajectory in the September quarter, with invoice discounting and factoring turnover up a little on the previous quarter but down on the previous correspo.. read more
Hartzer vows to make Westpac a world class service business 14 November 2014 4:54PM Incoming Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has made it his goal to turn the bank into one of the "world's great service businesses". Speaking at a media conference called to announce that he would.. read more
Optus offers a contactless payment app 14 November 2014 4:50PM Telecommunications company Optus has joined forces with Visa and Heritage Bank to offer its customers a contactless payment application. read more
Green light for Cuscal's SPS takeover 14 November 2014 4:47PM Cuscal shareholders have voted in favour of the company's proposed acquisition of Strategic Payment Services, setting the company up to be a significant player in the payments market that will emerge.. read more
Consumer finance market weak, outlook weaker 13 November 2014 5:05PM Conditions in the consumer finance market deteriorated in the September quarter, with falls in loan balances and new personal finance commitments, and there is no turnaround in sight. read more
Braintree sees more businesses adding mobile payments 13 November 2014 5:03PM Payments services provider Braintree has grown faster over the year since it was acquired by eBay, according to Braintree's general manager of mobile, Aunkur Arya. read more
Local real money investors sit out the securitisation recovery 12 November 2014 5:01PM Despite the strong recovery in the Australian securitisation market over the past couple of years, the sector will not achieve long-term sustainability until domestic real money investors get more inv.. read more
A new P2P lender on the scene 12 November 2014 5:00PM English peer-to-peer lender RateSetter has entered the Australian market, offering lenders access to the market with investments of as little as A$10. read more