Tyro, Bendigo align on merchant payments 

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

Xinja jumps to the left

A brazen, stay-in-business deposit pricing decision from Xinja Bank will shock competitors as much as their customers. read more

MCU too hard for Ezifin

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

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