CUFSS rewires liquidity lifeline 26 October 2021 6:41AM An overhaul of a 22-year old co-operative liquidity support arrangement for credit unions and mutual banks is ready for a bold recruitment campaign by CUFSS Ltd to rejuvenate the scheme. read more
Auswide ‘reviews offers’ 25 October 2021 6:21AM The board of Auswide Bank have been forthcoming on the tempo of the bank’s engagement with consolidation discussions around the smaller fry in the sector.. read more
Half a hope in payments review 25 October 2021 6:19AM Least cost routing is getting a leg up but the least cost welfare maximising routine is getting left behind in Australia, viat the Reserve Bank’s Review of Retail Payments Regulation. read more
Bank branch closures begets another inquiry 25 October 2021 6:15AM A Regional Banking Taskforce has been established by the Morrison Government “to assess the impact of bank branch closures on regional communities." read more
RBA red and blue in 2021 22 October 2021 8:00AM The Reserve Bank of Australia recorded an 'accounting loss' of A$4.3 billion, its first in years, as unrealised valuation losses exceeded the sum of other components of profit, the RBA’s 2021 annual r.. read more
BNPL ‘small beer’ in payments 22 October 2021 7:51AM The Reserve Bank has updated its appraisal of buy now, pay later in the Australian economy, an an assessment that continues to dampen the hype. read more
Mutuals gather interest in MCIs 20 October 2021 5:57AM Interest in mutual capital interests in beginning to take off, with ADIs planning to update their constitutions at annual general meetings. read more
Defence marches to own tune 20 October 2021 5:53AM Defence Bank reported what it called “its best result yet” for FY2021, a net profit of A$13.9 million, a rise of 38 per cent. read more
Volt charges for neobank relevance 15 October 2021 6:08AM A sedate ramp up of its balance sheet and a pacier roll out of services to ambitious fintech partners with a belief in white-labelling banking product are factors shaping Volt Bank’s viability in Aust.. read more
Gender divides and divides finance 13 October 2021 6:25AM There is “still much to do until we reach a place of gender parity in our industry” is the realistic but bitter summary of FINSIA’s latest edition of its Gender Divide Survey. read more