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A last ditch equity capital raising by Stargroup Ltd will enable the ASX-listed ATM operator to settle a long delayed purchase of the automatic teller machine network of Indue, a specialist payments p.. read more

The quality, or lack of it, of the banking sector's loans to property developers is a further theme agitating Australia's prudential regulator, with "guidance" promised later this year.?A late 2016 re.. read more

Kate Carnell, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, is one critic of the banking industry hard to deflect by an introverted industry reform agenda.Carnell yesterday said.. read more

Paymark, New Zealand's principal Eftpos network, has engineered a "stay in business" shift of its primary telecom services provider to Transaction Network Services, replacing Spark New Zealand. read more

Beyond Bank plans to merge with Hunter United Employees Credit Union, a union likely to be in place by late 2017.Once the Hunter United merger is finalised, Beyond Bank will have had five mergers sinc.. read more

Demand for credit from self-managed super funds may be curtailed if new rules on borrowing by SMSF members are introduced as outlined in a Treasury exposure draft. read more

The extensive use by banks of mortgage brokers and "embellished loan applications" is the rationale shared by one fund manager for leaning towards lightening an already underweight position in Austral.. read more

Shadow banking entities in Australia "deserve particular attention", an assessment by Canada's Global Risk Institute has concluded. read more

The latest reconnaissance report by Ian McPhee for the Australian Bankers Association on the sector's 2016 measures to fend off intrusions throws a soft light on the sector, with topics of controversy.. read more

Rather like the CEO hearings that informed it, the second report on the Review of the Four Major Banks from the Standing Committee on Economics is practically all old hat. read more