NPP not waiting for Westpac 02 August 2017 3:45PM 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 01 August 2017 3:48PM 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 31 July 2017 4:19PM 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 31 July 2017 4:16PM 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 31 July 2017 4:14PM 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
HAL, Andrews and Bendigo face pocket robot economy. 27 July 2017 4:30PM Veteran US bank servicer IBM announced that Bendigo and Adelaide Bank recently "implemented marketing automation and campaign offerings from IBM." read more
Loane lulls banking super story 27 July 2017 4:26PM Financial Services Council CEO Sally Loane had a reform program to sell when she made a cracking speech to the FSC Leaders Summit yesterday. read more
WorldRemit rocks in remittances 27 July 2017 4:24PM 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 26 July 2017 3:38PM 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 26 July 2017 3:34PM 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