WIB selective with Asia

The New Payments Platform will be one prop for Westpac as its defends a meaty share of transaction banking in institutional markets. Asia, however, is a faded story in a puzzling presentation by WIB C.. read more

WorldRemit rocks in remittances

Money Transfer service WorldRemit has launched a Singapore operation, hoping to grab a slice of the remittances of the thousands of migrant workers there. read more

Bowen lights bank merger

The Wallis era in Australian prudential regulation may be bought to close by a Labor government. APRA seems bound for a reunion with the Reserve Bank of Australia and even ASIC's status as a separate.. read more

Two immobile hurdles: cash and NFC

Mobile payments remain cellar dwellers in the payments mix in Australia, accounting for only "around one per cent of the number of point-of-sale transactions" over a week surveyed by Ipsos for the Res.. read more

Prosecutions loom for power banks

Prosecutions over misuse of market power seem pending in banking, with drastic options ahead for the ACCC.Macquarie, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and National Australia Bank are five obvious banks.. read more

McPhee sour and sweet on cartel disunion

Cartel pricing terms and profit shares are being reset under our noses. Australian taxpayers, the ultimate stakeholders in banks, have Ian McPhee and the Australian Bankers Association to thank for sh.. read more