Liberals aim to foil SA bank levy 04 July 2017 3:28PM Plans by the South Australian Labor government to enact a secondary levy on select bank liabilities may tank in the upper house of the state's parliament after the South Australian parliamentary Liber.. read more
Restraint curbs business not investment lending 03 July 2017 3:47PM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and Suncorp Bank, are the only banks of note to have applied the brakes on mortgage lending over the months of April and May 2017, on the back of APRA's late March measures.. read more
Systemic eyes on bank rents in super 03 July 2017 3:44PM The wheels are turning on the third and final phase of the Productivity Commission's review of superannuation, one that will tread once more well-worn terrain over models for default allocation of sav.. read more
Barnaba wings onto RBA board 03 July 2017 3:43PM A second veteran of Macquarie Bank will join the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Mark Barnaba will serve a five-year term from 31 August 2017. read more
Inertia the principal pillar in banking 19 June 2017 3:44PM Fifty per cent of adults "have always been with the bank they first opened an account with," a survey for Canstar Blue has found. And bank customers like to visit their bank's branches, mainly to make.. read more
'Disadvantaged' banks maintain levy dramatics 19 June 2017 3:42PM A partisan and divided banking sector pressed disparate cases over the Major Bank Levy for the final time before a Senate committee on Friday. read more
Crossbenchers, Labor one vote away from a new banking inquiry 16 June 2017 4:01PM A private members' bill to set up a parliamentary inquiry into the banking and financial services sector is on its way to the House of Representatives after passing the Senate. read more
Macquarie pleads for levy exemption 16 June 2017 4:00PM The threshold for the planned levy on bigger banks should be lifted to exclude Macquarie Bank, the Macquarie Group has argued in its submission to the Senate's Economics Legislation Committee. read more
Cuscal courageous with Samsung wallet 15 June 2017 4:25PM Thirty-eight bank and credit union affiliates of Cuscal will offer Samsung Pay from today. read more
Schenkel makes quick exit from Tyro 14 June 2017 3:27PM Gerd Schenkel, chief executive of Tyro Payments, has left the bank suddenly, with a long time director taking his place.Rob Ferguson has taken the helm as acting managing director, effective immediate.. read more