Tyro, Bendigo align on merchant payments 19 October 2020 5:51AM Tyro, Australia’s foremost payments fintech, will become “the exclusive merchant acquiring partner” for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, an arrangement that will roll out over early next year. read more
RBA balances super low rates and ‘progress towards full employment’ 16 October 2020 5:38AM The RBA “does not expect to be increasing the cash rate for at least three years,” the governor Philip Lowe made clear yesterday, fanning the belief that that a cash rate easing (to c10 bps) is near c.. read more
Bank cyber resilience bothers APRA 14 October 2020 6:28AM There were 113 data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents affected the banking and finance sector over the year to June 2020. read more
MOVE resets demutualisation option 14 October 2020 6:26AM Railways Credit Union trading as MOVE Bank may be signalling interest in demutualisation, or at least being open to offers. read more
BCU merger eats P&N profit 14 October 2020 6:24AM Merger costs eroded much of the profit of P&N Bank following the merger with Bananacoast Credit Union. read more
Xinja jumps to the left 09 October 2020 6:34AM A brazen, stay-in-business deposit pricing decision from Xinja Bank will shock competitors as much as their customers. read more
Newcastle Permanent capitalises on pandemic 08 October 2020 5:48AM The level of mortgages deferred “is reducing month on month” at Newcastle Permanent Building Society. read more
SRI Model displaces PAIRS and SOARS 07 October 2020 5:52AM There may be “a change in the intensity of supervision that APRA applies for some entities” the prudential regulator said yesterday. read more
MCU too hard for Ezifin 02 October 2020 6:00AM A second fintech has been thwarted at its attempt to engineer access to an ADI licence via a takeover of Maleny Credit Union. A merger with another mutual ADI is the likely fall-back for one of Austra.. read more
A fiddle or bank levy fuss on Tuesday 30 September 2020 6:14AM A hike in the rate of the once controversial Major Bank Levy and/or a broadening of the liabilities covered by the levy may be on the cards in Tuesday night's budget. read more