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David Borthwick is the Australian government's selection to be chair of the board of the proposed Australian Business Investment Partnership. read more

The proposed funding assistance to commercial property developers may win Senate approval if the Australian government accepts Green proposals to increase the level of government appointments on the b.. read more

Suncorp yesterday highlighted how dependent it had been, and to a degree still is, on the hot money of the wholesale debt market. read more

In the largely closed world of banking and payments three entities found the courage over the 2000s to have a crack at the business of "switching", the careful, efficient and hopefully reliable busine.. read more

The second big spender in switching was Strategic Payments Services, a creation of ATM-play Customers Limited and now owned by MasterCard, with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank the minority investor. read more

The bright sparks at Tyro Payments have spent the most on their endeavour to crack the merchant acquiring market, and also switching, in Australia. read more

The cheapest entry into switching was also the most successful. read more

One thing that can be said about trends in the cost of credit for business at present is that starkly different conclusions are being drawn from essentially the same data. read more

Retail businesses within Wesfarmers' Coles division may soon be searching for new suppliers of payments processing and switching services, with management forced to face up to the effective end of lif.. read more

The Future Fund continues to adopt a cautious approach to investment, with more than 40 per cent of the fund still invested in cash and less invested in debt securities than has been speculated. read more