Zepto first to market with instant super payments 23 August 2023 6:11AM Latest news George Lekakis The push by government agencies to mandate real time payments in critical parts of the financial services industry is set to generate more opportunities for startups to build scale swiftly. read more
Australian Super still drowning in tech nightmare 07 March 2023 4:42AM Latest news George Lekakis Australian Super is struggling to deal with problems flowing from its bungled rollout of new internet and mobile service platforms in November, with members saying they are still unable to submit onli.. read more
AusSuper sticks to word-games as tech fiasco enters fifth week 13 December 2022 6:04AM Latest news George Lekakis AustralianSuper faces a wave of official complaints and significant member losses as technical problems affecting its error-plagued new digital portals spill into a fifth week. read more
Briefs: ACCC receives ANZ and Suncorp Bank merger application, Former Westpac and CBA CIO to chair s 13 December 2022 5:47AM Latest news Banking Day staff The ACCC has started its formal consideration of ANZ’s proposed acquisition of Suncorp’s banking business. read more
Consumer advocates ramp pressure on AustralianSuper to fix tech woes 08 December 2022 6:28AM Latest news George Lekakis Super Consumers Australia has called on AustralianSuper to resolve its technology problems amid concern that pension-phase members of the fund may not be able to adjust their income payments ahead of.. read more
Australian Super members eye compo amid tech wreck 07 December 2022 6:29AM Latest news George Lekakis The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has confirmed it is receiving a flow of complaints from members of Australian Super after a bungled technology upgrade last month resulted in thousands of.. read more
Tech upgrade unravels at Australian Super 28 November 2022 5:59AM Latest news George Lekakis Thousands of members of the country’s largest superannuation fund – Australian Super – have had no access to their pension and accumulation accounts for almost two weeks after a bungled technology ove.. read more
The ‘super app’ is here 21 June 2022 5:54AM Latest news John Kavanagh Douugh Ltd, which is in the business of developing personal financial management tools, has launched a trial of its financial “super app” in Australia and has flagged a full market launch later this y.. read more
CBA systems in shape to maintain loan and deposit growth 13 August 2020 6:39AM Latest news John Kavanagh Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn says the bank’s exit from the wealth and advice industries means it must be much better at executing on its core banking priorities – lending and deposit t.. read more
RMBS fund says income flow sustainable 30 March 2020 4:36PM Debt capital markets John Kavanagh Gryphon Capital Investment Trust, an ASX-listed fund that invests in residential mortgage-backed securities, has advised investors that hardship relief provided to borrowers impacted by COVID-19 will.. read more
Hodge staples super 20 August 2018 3:45PM Finance regulation Banking Day staff A single superannuation account at a single fund, per person, for life is on the agenda of the financial services royal commission. read more
AFIC slices investment in major banks, AMP 24 July 2018 3:45PM Insurance, funds and super Banking Day staff Influential listed fund manager The Australian Financial Investment Company is continuing to rein in its exposures to the four major banks amid deepening concern over the earnings outlook for the sect.. read more
Bank-owned super funds underperform industry not-for-profits 23 August 2016 4:17PM Insurance, funds and super Bernard Kellerman The latest SuperRatings' monthly data to end of July 2016 re-affirms a well-established trend: not-for-profit industry super funds have continued to outperform bank-owned funds in the short, med.. read more
Ratesetter locks in cost of tracking SMSF loans 19 July 2016 4:12PM P2P & marketplace lending Bernard Kellerman Class, a provider of cloud-based self-managed super fund administration software, has signed off on integration with RateSetter, provider of peer-to-peer lending to retail investors and SMSFs. read more
South Australia legislates to boost property e-settlements 06 July 2016 4:53PM Mortgages Bernard Kellerman The potential market for the real property e-settlement system, PEXA, has been expanded with the passing of legislation allowing e-conveyancing in South Australia. read more
Foreign news: Libyan Investment Authority takes Goldman Sachs to court, Walmart to stop accepting Vi 14 June 2016 3:59PM Foreign news Banking Day staff Libya's US$67 billion sovereign wealth fund will commence proceedings against Goldman Sachs in a London court this week, alleging that the investment bank exploited the fund by encouraging it to make.. read more