Paymark finds a buyer 05 September 2017 3:43PM Ingenico appears to be the buyer of the Paymark eftpos business in New Zealand, after a drawn out sale process. read more
LVR lending limits still suit RBNZ 31 August 2017 4:13PM Macro-prudential policy in New Zealand will be relied on for a while yet as it is "valuable in addressing financial stability risks", Graeme Wheeler, governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand said y.. read more
Profits OK, equities asunder in Australian banking 30 August 2017 3:41PM The net profit after tax for all banks in Australia was A$34.2 billion for the year ending June 2017, an increase of $6.5 billion (or 24 per cent) on 2016, the banking regulator APRA divulged yesterda.. read more
CBA yields to APRA oddbods 29 August 2017 4:07PM There is no word from APRA on how many experts will be appointed to the independent prudential panel set to tie up Commonwealth Bank's management and board with a "broad" inquiry into culture and cond.. read more
Glimmers of industry trust unearthed for ABA 29 August 2017 4:05PM Three hot priorities for consumers in a recent study for the ABA were "removing individuals from the industry for poor conduct", "strengthening the commitment to customers in the Code of Banking Pract.. read more
Heritage on standby for nifty equity 29 August 2017 4:04PM Retails deposits are flourishing at Heritage Bank, up 19 per cent over a year. Now it is chasing more complex liabilities.Outside equity capital, of a form that works within a mutual or customer-owned.. read more
Bold? Yes NAB, No NAB 28 August 2017 3:34PM There's a vision thingy underway at NAB - 8 words allowed."We back the bold. Who move Australia forward."No joke it seems, nor is it a vision cliché the bank is ready to promote. read more
ANZ open own Mal and Tony show 28 August 2017 3:33PM Getting 'Royal Commission ready' may be one motive behind ANZ's hiring of Tony Warren from Telstra as the bank's group general manager, communications and public affairs.Warren, a regulatory economics.. read more
Pepper shakes $6bn 28 August 2017 3:32PM Pepper Group set a cracking pace in lending growth over the year to June 2017. Loans under management lifted 15 per cent to $5.98 billion.While it still has a slender share of Australia's mortgage mar.. read more
Wary banks one brake on AFG 28 August 2017 3:31PM A cut back in the supply of loans by banks during the June 2017 quarter for once active foreign investors trimmed the growth story for Australian Finance Group at the end of its financial year.AFG's r.. read more