'Unusual' Stargroup defers Indue ATM deal 29 March 2017 5:15PM 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 29 March 2017 5:08PM 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
'Harsh' bankruptcy law leaves Great Southern borrowers in limbo 28 March 2017 4:53PM A pair of "Great Southern" borrowers that owed A$1.4 million to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will linger in bankruptcy years longer than the conventional three years, following a late intervention by the.. read more
Suncorp joins hybrid queue 28 March 2017 4:51PM 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
Mutual ADIs adviser hired to set Feds straight on capital 28 March 2017 4:50PM The Australian government has appointed a new independent facilitator to work on improving the access to capital of co-operatives and mutual ADIs. read more
ASIC not done with CommInsure yet 24 March 2017 5:27PM 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 23 March 2017 5:15PM 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
Cross-bench Senators push for rebadged banking Royal Commission 23 March 2017 5:14PM Five cross-bench senators plan to bring on a private members' bill to set up "a parliamentary inquiry into the banking and financial services sector." read more
Goldfields flies brand kite 22 March 2017 4:51PM WA-based ADI Goldfields Money is to change its name for the second time in six years. read more
Mutual banks push APRA mandate 22 March 2017 4:49PM 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