Comment: Too little love for BOQ 19 November 2015 4:59PM If anyone is to kick Bank of Queensland out of the industry it may have to be a foreign bank that does the work. read more
Kick off for ScramCard EMV revolt 19 November 2015 4:57PM Aspiring fintech disruptors need early stage investors, and ScramCard - linked to a former ANZ chief security officer - has found someone. read more
Financial derivatives flourish in Australian investment 18 November 2015 5:25PM Use of financial derivatives exploded in Australian banking over the last six months. read more
ME twists on yield story 18 November 2015 5:24PM If there is a market among outsiders to support the capital needs of ME, the super funds' bank, its custodians are showing scant interest in testing it out. read more
Inconsistent G-SIBs scurry up 18 November 2015 5:22PM Basel IV and beyond may be the main topic, but the Bank of International Settlements machinery managed a Basel III update for the G20 shindig in Antalya. read more
Microfinance on the wane at NAB 17 November 2015 5:46PM NAB is on track to reach a target of one million financially excluded citizens, CEO Andrew Thorburn declared in the bank's 2015 annual report. read more
Policis sees the wild side in payday lending 17 November 2015 4:13PM A parallel unregulated lending sector may emerge and rapidly acquire scale online and, once established, prove "very difficult to tackle," warned London policy shop Policis in a study for the Review o.. read more
Australian ATM margins tested by NFC 16 November 2015 4:53PM The ATM sector is proving a hard one in which to make reliable margins as the uptake of Paypass and NFC payments curtails demand for cash. read more
First Data flies free from BankWest 16 November 2015 4:53PM An outsourced, card issuing model for CBA subsidiary Bankwest came to an end last week, with Fairfax Media reporting that the banking behemoth was finally able to insert its own card platforms into Ba.. read more
CBA gives credit to renewables 16 November 2015 4:51PM Commonwealth Bank has "unlimited" appetite for lending to renewable energy, Fairfax Media reported over the weekend. read more