Control risks florid in bank financial advice 20 March 2017 5:00PM In another harsh report card for the sector, ASIC has found that more than four in five audits by banks of client's files are "ineffective" or only "partially effective", and banks are slow to notify.. read more
Mobile payments no match for cash 17 March 2017 5:24PM Mobile payments accounted for only around one per cent of point-of-sale transactions in 2016, a survey by Roy Morgan Research for the Reserve Bank of Australia has found. Cash, by contrast, accounted.. read more
Kiwibank confounds on capital 'mess' 16 March 2017 5:01PM Having reneged on a $175 million senior bond yesterday, Kiwibank "has a lot of PR do." Meandering disclosures on a capital adequacy cock-up is a strange start. read more
ATM indy short on cash 16 March 2017 5:00PM ATM operator Stargroup still has not come up with the cash to complete a takeover of the ATM switching and processing business of Indue announced in September. read more
Kiwibank 'cannot settle' priced bond 15 March 2017 5:11PM Kiwibank yesterday evening alerted debt investors it "cannot proceed with the settlement" of a A$175 million, ten-year bond priced (as in 'agreed') only last week.Maybe the bank meant it simply 'no lo.. read more
Non-banks feast amid RMBS frenzy 15 March 2017 5:09PM Almost every prominent non-bank funder is contributing to a smorgasbord of mortgage-backed bonds on offer to bond-starved credit investors this week. read more
More macro measures on cards 15 March 2017 5:07PM The enthusiasm of financial regulators for further macroprudential policy measures may brighten, as the effect of past measures fades. read more
On balance, cards swing for banks 14 March 2017 4:26PM One adverse dynamic for banks in their credit card portfolios has reversed, at least for now, with balances accruing interest on the rise, on an annual basis. It may be a lead indicator of a better 20.. read more
Customers count for ME 10 March 2017 5:23PM Customer numbers have ticked past the 400,000 mark at ME, a bank yet to surpass double digit returns, but so far keeping its industry fund owners content. read more
NAB rides satisfaction rollercoaster 10 March 2017 5:22PM National Australia Bank's wandering ranking on customer satisfaction remains on the right track, after around a year or more of declines in the Roy Morgan Research Consumer Satisfaction Report. read more