Katter seeks two-year window for farm sales 30 November 2015 4:34PM Banks may have to give farmer borrowers up to two years to arrange the sale of their farm following a loan default, if a private member's bill before parliament attracts support. read more
Westpac to cut teller jobs and close branches 27 November 2015 5:36PM Westpac is taking a second round of measures to trim costs at the retail front line, with plans to cut teller jobs in 51 branches. read more
Bonus starved bankers go job hunting 25 November 2015 4:49PM The brains of the banking industry think alike on one key question, with optimism brimming toward pay outcomes among banking and financial services professionals. read more
ANZ staff vote one more day on new EBA 25 November 2015 4:47PM Voting for a new ANZ enterprise bargaining agreement for employees in groups four to six opened yesterday 24 November. read more
Lifetime pay gap a retirement burden for finance workers 24 November 2015 5:18PM Women working in the finance sector "are at risk of retiring in poverty, without adequate superannuation" the Finance Sector Union has said. read more
Dastyari shakes school banking 23 November 2015 5:17PM The Australian Bankers Association is working to a revamped lobbying plan detailed today in the Financial Review. read more
Clearing houses pass PSB agenda 23 November 2015 5:02PM Thin pickings made the media list prepped for Friday's meeting of the Payments System Board. read more
Card designation tweak planned by PSB 23 November 2015 5:01PM The lead item in a Payments System Board's media release on Friday was approval for a consultation paper seeking stakeholder views on proposed changes to the bank's standards applying to designated ca.. read more
Comment: The interchange legacy of the joint study 23 November 2015 5:00PM I've had a few changes of office since I set up as an independent banking journalist. Only one set of printed banking documents has survived the successive culls. read more
Banks trail in super returns in Australia 23 November 2015 4:57PM Banks find themselves no better than bronze medallists in the race for a superior investment reputation for managing superannuation savings. read more