Little cover for industry in levy rhetoric

The six basis point levy that has so aggravated the five banks and their industry association is ho-hum and no burden to those banks in accessing a recently cultivated corner of the capital market. read more

Sydney no stretch for IMB

Illawarra's banking champion IMB Bank is scouting for more merger partners, with the A$6 billion bank likely to consolidate on its improved reach in Sydney. read more

Paul Brock calls it quits at Kiwibank

Paul Brock, chief executive of Kiwibank, will leave at the end of the year.Profits at the bank have been constrained, and the progress of an overhaul of its core technology systems (to an SAP core, mo.. read more

Eftpos chiefs go mobile

The chief executive and one of his key lieutenants at Eftpos Payments are moving on to other ventures. Bruce Mansfield announced his departure yesterday after seven years at the helm of Eftpos Payment.. read more

IO supply choked by Westpac

Westpac, the principal industry perp regarding 'easy to obtain' and (in APRA's view) oversupplied interest-only loans has reduced the flow sharply, the bank's June 2017 quarterly update shows. read more

Auswide peers at margin options

Marketplace lender MoneyPlace is skipping along in loan originations, much of its funding flowing through its new controlling shareholder, Auswide Bank.Auswide's contribution to funding for MoneyPlace.. read more

NSW reach tests MyState profit

MyState, a bank with a national market share of around one quarter of one per cent, passed "an important milestone" during the year, "as loans outside Tasmania increased to more than 50 per cent for t.. read more

Margin works for Bendigo and Adelaide

An improved, and for now stable, net interest margin helped lift the operating profit for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank over the second half of its financial year, and for once light up the bank's share p.. read more