Tax debts trap sole traders 21 November 2024 6:52AM Latest news Ian Rogers Sole traders comprise half of all businesses with overdue tax debts of more than $100,000. read more
APRA stresses over supers bank liabilities 21 November 2024 6:24AM Latest news Ian Rogers Super funds own more than a a third of short-term bank debt in Australia. read more
SME credit demand surges 20 November 2024 6:27AM Latest news Ian Rogers Almost 30% of Australian SMEs believe they would be at risk of insolvency or would need to close the doors immediately if they were to lose a major client or supplier, the SME Growth Index from ScotPa.. read more
Vale Graham Hand 20 November 2024 6:23AM Latest news Ian Rogers Graham Hand, author of the expose Naked Among Cannibals has died at the age of 66. read more
Cash mandate an election ploy 19 November 2024 6:39AM Latest news Ian Rogers The federal government says it will mandate cash acceptance by a range of businesses. read more
NAB admits to failure on hardship requests 19 November 2024 6:35AM Latest news Ian Rogers National Australia Bank and its subsidiary Advantedge are defending proceedings bought by ASIC that it failed to respond to debtors’ hardship notices as required by the National Credit Code. read more
PEXA plays by its own rules 18 November 2024 6:21AM Latest news Ian Rogers Interoperability is coming to the property settlement domain and PEXA’s deliberate attempts to entrench its monopoly won’t wash. read more
Second bank levy, tied to branch footprint 18 November 2024 6:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers Banks would have to meet a minimum level of service in regional areas or contribute funding to bolster the number of branches and ATMs offered by other institutions, in a proposal put forward by Treas.. read more
Living with and loving inflation 15 November 2024 2:43PM Latest news Ian Rogers Learn to live with it. Get along with it. read more
Former credit union CEO convicted 15 November 2024 8:08AM Latest news Ian Rogers Former director and CEO of Bananacoast Community Credit Union, Lyndon Kingston, has been found guilty of dishonest conduct. read more
Personal loan losses surge at NAB 15 November 2024 8:07AM Latest news Ian Rogers Losses on personal loans and credit cards jumped at National Australia Bank over theb year to September 2024. read more
Prudential standards will include climate risk next year 14 November 2024 6:54AM Latest news Ian Rogers Prudential standards CPS 220 and SPS 220, both relating to risk management, will be updated to explicitly include climate risk in 2025, APRA said yesterday. read more
CBA lifts in September quarter 14 November 2024 6:52AM Latest news Ian Rogers After ceding market share over the year to June, Commonwealth is turning things around in the mortgage market. read more
UBank a winner for NAB 13 November 2024 7:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers The letter U is now pretty much the sole preserve of NAB, at least in the realm of trade marks. read more
Concentration of risks for Cuscal 11 November 2024 7:19AM Latest news Ian Rogers Cuscal’s top 10 clients were responsible for 57% of Cuscal’s fee and commission revenue in FY2024. read more
ANZ upbeat on Plus 11 November 2024 7:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers ANZ is more confident than its ever been that its transformation journey is on track. read more
Cost to income ratios worsen across the board 11 November 2024 7:11AM Latest news Ian Rogers The average cost to income ratio increased by 336 basis points across Australia’s four major banks in FY2024, to 49.2 per cent, read more
NAB revs up proprietary channel 08 November 2024 7:17AM Latest news Ian Rogers NAB will step up efforts to originate more new business via proprietary channels. read more
Scams Prevention Framework bill introduced 08 November 2024 7:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers The Labor government yesterday introduced legislation establishing the Scams Prevention Framework will be into Parliament. read more
Australian Unity Bank exits 07 November 2024 7:01AM Latest news Ian Rogers Bank Australia will be one of the busiest mutual banks around. It already has Qudos Bank to integrate. read more