NSW to guarantee some pre-sales 25 June 2025 6:31AM Latest news Ian Rogers The NSW government will roll out a ‘Pre-Sale Finance Guarantee’ to accelerate housing construction. read more
Shift4 swoops on Smartpay 24 June 2025 5:55AM Latest news Ian Rogers US payments processor Shift4 has entered into an agreement to acquire Smartpay, a leading provider of payment processing and point-of-sale solutions in Australia and New Zealand. read more
Feds set to cooperate on 'proportional regulation' 23 June 2025 6:57AM Latest news Ian Rogers The federal government might be close to giving the mutual banking sector some of what it wants via the upcoming report of the Review into small and medium-sized banks. read more
Simon Birmingham new ABA CEO 20 June 2025 11:27AM Latest news Ian Rogers ANZ executive Simon Birmingham will join the Australian Banking Association as chief executive officer. read more
NAB penalised for CDR failures 20 June 2025 6:07AM Latest news Ian Rogers National Australia Bank has paid penalties after the ACCC issued it with four infringement notices for alleged contraventions of the Consumer Data Right Rules. read more
Carnegie quits ANZ 20 June 2025 6:05AM Latest news Ian Rogers Maile Carnegie, ANZ’s group executive Australia retail will leave the bank in a week. read more
ASIC probes mortgage brokers 19 June 2025 6:40AM Latest news Ian Rogers ASIC is on the hunt for evidence of predatory lending fostered by mortgage brokers, with the regulator gathering data at this stage. read more
Indexed Bonds get a makeover 19 June 2025 6:37AM Latest news Ian Rogers Treasury Indexed Bonds will be revamped, to make them more appealing to offshore investors. read more
RBA Governance Board 'plays a role' in monetary policy 17 June 2025 6:27AM Latest news Ian Rogers The Governance Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia will play a high level role in formulating the parameters of monetary policy in conjunction with the Monetary Policy Board. read more
Banks stuck in a payroll trap 16 June 2025 6:26AM Latest news Ian Rogers Operating costs, and in particular payroll, remain a thorn in the banking industry’s side. read more
Banking review report due by 1 July 16 June 2025 6:24AM Latest news Ian Rogers The Council of Financial Regulators says it plans to provide its report of its Review into small and medium-sized banks, conducted with the ACCC to the government by July 1st. read more
Curb reliance on brokers: S&P 11 June 2025 6:37AM Latest news Ian Rogers Curbing their reliance on mortgage brokers could allow Australian banks to boost their net interest margins and profitability, S&P Global Ratings argue in a report on the sector. read more
Sympli pivots to practitioner-first model 10 June 2025 6:39AM Latest news Ian Rogers e-conveyancing operator Sympli has settled on a change of strategy. read more
RBA to publish surcharging options in July 06 June 2025 7:14AM Latest news Ian Rogers The Reserve Bank has laid out its timetable to progress its review of merchant card payment costs and surcharging. read more
Tyro CEO quits 06 June 2025 7:13AM Latest news Ian Rogers Jon Davey, CEO of Tyro Payments, has resigned. read more
Westpac admits to chronic RAMS misconduct 05 June 2025 6:31AM Latest news Ian Rogers Which other facets of Westpac’s business have been (or are being) as badly managed as RAMS? read more
Judo dabbles in transaction accounts 05 June 2025 6:29AM Latest news Ian Rogers Judo Bank will introduce savings accounts and transaction accounts for business and the mass market. read more
Judo Bank hits the brakes 03 June 2025 6:23AM Latest news Ian Rogers The growth rate in lending at Judo Bank has halved, with the bank facing up to the need to manage the stress in its $11 billion business lending book, and better screen new applicants. read more
Resimac pays special dividend 03 June 2025 6:21AM Latest news Is the payment of a special dividend by Resimac a vote of confidence by its board? Or the opposite? read more
CommBank closing in on NAB in business lending 02 June 2025 6:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers Commonwealth Bank may not be far away from stealing National Australia Bank’s crown as the biggest business bank. read more