Bulldog Xinja defers Dubai funding

Just “tune out the haters” and the “bullies” and double-down on self-belief and certainty in Xinja Bank’s version of a disruptive neobank. That’s the emotional essence of an often candid and typically.. read more

Debit and virus smack down credit habits

Debit cards are well and truly the preferred way to pay, thanks to the pandemic, and the virus has slashed the average credit card debt to 2008 levels. Cash-out with card purchases is also in free fal.. read more

Trio talk dinkum payments scheme

NPP Australia, BPAY Group and Eftpos Australia may combine in some form, with the boards of the three domestic payments organisations investigating the business case. read more

Zip buddies square away US push

Annualised this and pro-forma that, one day a buy now, pay later outfit or another fintech will define its point of difference with crisp and even audited financial data on the latest showy takeover... read more

Mortgage despair balloons

In a bracing update Firstmac said gross home loan arrears of more than 30 days have soared. Mortgages now represent 74 per cent of total deferrals and amount to 9 per cent of system credit. read more

A Super broadside at ME board

An overhaul of the board of directors of ME Bank is in the works, as restless shareholders seek to reform the governance of the bank. read more

Wary mass market in savings mode

April saw the second-largest one-month rise in the level of household deposits on record, portraying a mass market on edge and saving like blazes, at least during the second month of the pandemic. read more

Qantas crisis tests Qudos CEO

These are delicate times for Qudos Bank - formerly the Qantas Staff Credit Union, given “the majority of deposits”  –  and surely the majority of loans  –  “are from employees and former employees of.. read more