'Unusual' Stargroup defers Indue ATM deal

Payments processor Indue will be left waiting until the end of April to learn whether Stargroup ATM is able to finally settle on the latter's long deferred takeover of the former's own automatic telle.. read more

Farm foreclosures face more scrutiny

Lenders will need to cough up more data on farm debt, foreclosures on farmers and farm debt mediation to APRA and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. read more

Suncorp joins hybrid queue

Suncorp Group is setting out to sell A$250 million in capital notes that will qualify as tier one capital, "with the ability to raise more or less." read more

ASIC not done with CommInsure yet

The insurance arm of Commonwealth Bank's wealth management division remains subject to investigation by ASIC, although the regulator found no evidence of undue pressure on doctors to change or alter t.. read more

Advocacy wanes at major banks

A decline in advocacy, or the "net promotor score", was the fate of three of Australia's major banks over the last year, a research house has found. read more

Mutual banks push APRA mandate

Mutual ADIs are stepping up a campaign to "amend the APRA Act to give the prudential regulator an explicit 'secondary competition objective' and require APRA to report annually against this objective... read more