NPP not waiting for Westpac

Westpac won't be there on day one when the New Payments Platform rolls into view, in November 2017 under current scenarios. And, thus, also missing will be St George, BankSA and allied brands.Chris Jo.. read more

And it's away with Elliott's ANZ

The ANZ brand is getting a makeover, soon, with both a values and a credibility spin embedded somehow.?ANZ's strategy will be refined to be "simpler" and business as usual reset in line with the Agile.. read more

Commercial mortgage vibe sticks

Demand for commercial mortgages remains perky, a plus for lenders but not so positive for financial regulators setting out to chop back demand for residential property. read more

Abundant risk pricing for ANZ

Risk-based pricing may be entrenched before long at ANZ, mainly on the lending side, in a measure that may reduce the bank's reliance on mortgage brokers. Staff numbers at the bank "may halve". read more

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