zipMoney drops pricey foreign funder

zipMoney may light a path into the debt capital markets for fintech financiers, if a warehouse funding line from a major bank turns out to be a precursor of further asset-backed funding. The bank tie.. read more

CEO talking points ahoy

Posturing is the order of the week, as NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn gets set to front a parliamentary committee on Friday. Thorburn will be the first of four big bank CEOs to do so. A low-rate Westpac cred.. read more

ATM titan Cardtronics 'lacks pricing power'

DC Payments, the largest independent supplier of automatic teller machines in Australia, insists it is "not a monopoly or oligopoly supplier" and "nor does it have substantial market power that enable.. read more

Pepper tests lending boundaries

Non-bank lender Pepper Group is a measured beneficiary of limits on banks' growth in investment lending, and itself cautious on growth in this segment in Australia. read more

White-label works for AFG

The clamp by banks and APRA on residential investment loans rubbed off on growth metrics of mortgage broking entity Australian Finance Group, with a dip in overall settlements over the December 2016.. read more

APRA pulls leash on mortgage assessments

APRA will insist on more consistent rules on the assessment and reassessment of borrowers over loan serviceability, a measure intended to bolster other rules that, in effect, may restrain credit growt.. read more

ABS returns wander for Perpetual

Subdued growth in revenue from shepherding and reporting on asset-backed and mortgage-backed bonds has growth in profit for the corporate trust division of Perpetual. read more

Flexigroup profit lifts via cards

Specialist financier Flexigroup is turning its cards business into a hero in a market segment lacking in challengers, while also disproving internal concerns that the firm's sales culture is a problem.. read more