NAB tops the super refunds payouts 07 August 2018 4:52PM Bank-owned superannuation funds forked out $124 million in refunds and compensation between 2003 and 2017, the banking royal commission heard yesterday. read more
Elevated bank levy on the cards 06 August 2018 4:02PM The funding cost advantage of the major banks may have reduced, but banks "should pay for any support they receive from taxpayers via the government .. as this simply reflects commercial reality" a la.. read more
Apple Pay pipsqueak a fintech caution 06 August 2018 4:01PM There's little wanderlust around fintechs and much cynicism about the state of play in this much hyped industry sector, this week's assessment of competition in finance from the Productivity Commissio.. read more
Comparison websites 'do not provide good advice' 06 August 2018 4:00PM The conflicted business models of a catalogue of comparison websites drew fire last week from the Productivity Commission in its report on Competition in the Australian Financial System. read more
M&A daze ahead for bank titans 04 August 2018 2:03AM The "Four Pillars" protection racket for Australia's biggest banks looks like it may be soon be history, paving the way toward agreed or mildly hostile offers to rearrange the inefficient, high cost.. read more
APRA chastised over windfall profits 04 August 2018 1:42AM APRA, the chief banking regulator in Australia, is being guided to a period of introspection over its approach to prudential supervision of the banking industry. read more
Trail commissions doomed 04 August 2018 1:29AM Trail commissions "should be banned" but upfront commissions will survive, and these reforms "must be implemented by all lenders without further delay," an aggravated Productivity Commission demands. read more
Flop Morrison dodges his duty 04 August 2018 1:17AM Obliged by convention to spruik a defiantly reformist report on the finance industry from the Productivity Commission at a business lunch today, treasurer Scott Morrison ignored the most compelling.. read more
ING Bank prepares for covered bonds 03 August 2018 4:55PM ING Bank (Australia) Ltd - trading as ING Direct - has set up its first mortgage covered bond facility, giving it the capacity to raise up to A$1 billion in its first transaction. Comments from analys.. read more
PC finds a 'misuse of power' by banks 03 August 2018 4:28PM Customers are not being supplied with the right information to make choices about switching banks, the Productivity Commission's final report into competition in the Australian financial system conclu.. read more