Comment: Commission counsel will walk all over industry, MPs and stirrers 26 April 2016 4:08PM Having reserved some time recently to catch up with one potentially fruitful data set, courtesy of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services and its inquiry into the "im.. read more
Mortgage arrears in a spin 26 April 2016 4:03PM Arrears on housing loans in Australia were higher in February, Standard & Poor's said, adding that this was "the fourth consecutive" monthly rise for prime and non-conforming residential mortgage-.. read more
Joust mortgage marketplace poised for debut 26 April 2016 3:57PM Seven lenders have signed on for a novel market place, one that its founders say will directly connect consumers with lenders 'live' so that bids from the lenders can be seen in real time. read more
Comment: Harried ABA addresses an age-old problem 22 April 2016 6:01AM The Australian banking industry's response to the challenge of its virulent reputation problems demands a little decoding. read more
Multiple credit card fraud incidents common 22 April 2016 6:00AM Data on credit card and other types of fraud from the Australian Bureau of Statistics points to card fraud as a repeat experience for some in Australia. read more
Ezidebit snares eWAY 21 April 2016 3:29PM Payments gateway provider eWAY has been sold to US operator Global Payments Inc. read more
YCU professionals vote to end their mutual ADI era 20 April 2016 3:51PM Dissidents and sentimentalists were in short supply at a meeting of members of Queensland Professional Credit Union on Monday night. Near 99 per cent of members of the mutual, now trading as Your Cred.. read more
Credit insurer 'staggered' at claims surge 19 April 2016 4:39PM "It's a standard uplift [in credit insurance claims] but it's been quick. It's staggering the number of claims we've received," Kirk Cheesman, managing director of insurance brokers NCI told Banking D.. read more
Australian bank profits endure SME insolvency storm 19 April 2016 4:39PM The progressively gloomier prognostications over the extent of the accumulating bad debt load on Australian banks may need to take another turn for the worse, with new data shifting the spotlight away.. read more
Mutual disparity persists in shrinking sector 19 April 2016 4:36PM QTMB's predecessors in the ADI demutualisation stakes have tended to emerge from the bottom rungs of industry rankings. read more