Labor 'fairness fund' bumps up bank levy 13 May 2019 4:13PM The bank tax debate so far in the 2019 election is as minimal and restrained as the rest of the opposition Labor party's denigration of the banking industry. read more
Patience pays for neobank schemers 10 May 2019 3:53PM Firstmac and 86400 are counting on a speedy, post-election green light for their entry into the banking industry, with fully-fledged banking licences anticipated. read more
'We can fix ANZ in 2023' 02 May 2019 4:02PM Cost-focused or cost-scared or plain technology terrified, ANZ's off its game on many fronts, its half year profit briefing suggests. read more
CUA sets up CEO rounders 01 May 2019 4:10PM Rob Goudswaard, CEO of Credit Union Australia, pulled a bit of a surprise yesterday, outlining plans to leave in February 2020.Might the fourth-largest mutual ADI supply his successor (a long rumoured.. read more
Zip winds up asset-backed lending 30 April 2019 4:09PM Transaction volumes fell eight per cent over the last quarter for Zip Co Ltd, small beer at a fintech lender bagging decent growth in credit and other key metrics. The slow burn preparing its Master.. read more
Carney competes for fintech spotlight 30 April 2019 2:07PM There is "a growing pipeline of firms" - make that fintechs - clamouring for access on level terms with banks to the central bank's most vital, and real-time, payments processing. At least in England.. read more
From MacBank to EziBank lotto 24 April 2019 4:35PM Todd Hannigan, Raymond Younan and Tim Brown head a syndicate of 20 investors taking a red hot run at winning the neobank war in Australia.Another ex MacBanker will be chief operating officer of Brown'.. read more
NAIF'in like hasty financial exit 24 April 2019 4:34PM The Northern Australian Infrastructure Fund, lined up for obliteration. read more
Credit edited amid investment optimism 11 April 2019 4:16PM The RBA's business liaison program for now supports the idea that business conditions are not so bad and 'business investment has been growing at a good rate," the RBA's Guy Debelle said yesterday. read more
Business credit demand vanishes 10 April 2019 4:23PM Mortgage finance volumes bounced back in February, a rare piece of good news in banking.On the flip-side, business credit flows have crashed. read more