The Authentic challenge in cash-in-transit 16 October 2024 6:04AM Latest news Ian Rogers Often described as a monopoly industry, cash-in-transit is a sector with a vibrant and disruptive alternative supplier. read more
NZ's Armourguard forges cash-in-transit monopoly 09 October 2024 5:56AM Latest news Ian Rogers It’s buddy up or go bust in cash-in-transit, in New Zealand at least. read more
King cash wins one, loses one 13 September 2024 7:11AM Latest news Ian Rogers THE ACCC HAS GRANTED authorisation to allow the Australian Banking Association, its member banks, Australia Post, retailers, supermarkets and other industry participants to collaborate so they can ens.. read more
CommBank calls out prohibitive cost of cash 15 August 2024 6:44AM Latest news Ian Rogers Commonwealth Baank is burning around $350 million a year in providing cash services across its branch network and ATM fleet. read more
Armaguard restructures 15 July 2024 10:14PM Latest news Ian Rogers Linfox Armaguard is undergoing an overhaul, establishing two ‘operational boards’. read more
Bank funding for Armaguard cleared by ACCC 05 July 2024 4:50AM Latest news Ian Rogers Banks have been cleared by the ACCC to implement a collective “financial contributions” scheme that will keep Armaguard in business, at least for another year. read more
Armaguard squeezes banks 25 June 2024 4:30AM Latest news Ian Rogers Banks, retailers and Australia Post have agreed to an additional $50 million over a year in funding for Armaguard. read more
'New models' for cash in transit in focus 11 June 2024 6:41AM Latest news Ian Rogers The availability of banknotes “was important from a financial stability perspective” the Reserve Bank of Australia has told industry representatives participating in a Working Group on the future of c.. read more
ABA, ACCC widen CIT stakeholder negotiations 29 May 2024 5:39AM Latest news Ian Rogers The range of stakeholders that will be invited into sensitive industry discussions around cash-in-transit will finally include “other businesses and organisations that distribute cash”, meaning Armagu.. read more
Armaguard and banks reach terms 26 April 2024 4:59AM Latest news Ian Rogers Incredibly, Prosegur are interested in buying Armaguard, but this won’t be needed. The ABA is understood to have reached terms with Armaguard that will assure cash distribution is maintained. read more
Bank branch closure inquiry wraps 17 April 2024 3:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers A bank branch (mainly NAB’s) closed in regional Australia every 5 days since a Senate inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia was announced early last year. read more
Banks may backtrack on Armaguard support 02 April 2024 3:46AM Latest news Armaguard will need to be transparent and open its books to scrutiny, as the banks have long insisted, or there may be no further offers of financial support forthcoming from the industry. read more
Armourguard buys NZ CIT competitor 02 April 2024 3:43AM Latest news Ian Rogers Armourguard, the dominant supplier of cash-in-transit services in New Zealand, is on the cusp of establishing its own monopoly. read more
Banks play a longer game on cash 25 March 2024 4:35AM Latest news Ian Rogers Banks, reportedly, are investigating a couple of drastic options to solve the mess they helped create by backing the merger of cash-in-transit operators Armaguard and Prosegur last year. One brainwave.. read more
ACCC almost there on cash club 22 March 2024 7:24AM Latest news Ian Rogers Banks and Armaguard are close to receiving clearance from the ACCC for the big banks (and others) to coordinate on how best to prop up Armaguard’s cash distribution business. read more
Armaguard zero in on cash bailout 18 March 2024 8:29AM Latest news Ian Rogers Armaguard are on the cusp of an epic win over their alarmed clients in the banking industry via a material support package. The ABA looks likely to wrap up negotiations by the end of this week. read more
Lindsay Fox a kingpin of banking 14 March 2024 3:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers The banking industry have been played for fools, disoriented into yielding to the clever, costly plans of Lindsay Fox and Linfox Armaguard. read more
Armaguard convinces banks on price support 14 March 2024 3:13AM Latest news Ian Rogers Why not pay more if you want to? This is the both sensible and silly retort of banks at the very moment they are being outfoxed from every angle. Paying more turns out to cost more than $100 million... read more
The brawls around cash 05 February 2024 5:35AM Latest news Ian Rogers One of the biggest stoushes in Australian banking in a long, long time is approaching its crescendo, as the RBA steps up to oversee industry conversations around the economics of cash-in-transit and t.. read more
LCR may be mandated, RBA warns 13 December 2023 5:16AM Latest news Lynn Grieveson Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has warned that the central bank may use its payments system regulatory powers to speed-up the rollout of least cost routing to merchants, saying progress has bee.. read more