Westpac in the mix for new hybrid 29 January 2018 5:09PM Westpac may issue the first major hybrid securities raising of the year as soon as next Monday. read more
Foreign news: BNP Paribas USA joins FX conspiracy, Japan's Softbank reinventing payments, Virtual mo 29 January 2018 5:06PM BNP Paribas USA has become the sixth major bank to plead guilty in a US court to participating in a price-fixing conspiracy in the foreign currency exchange market. read more
Briefs: Credit Union SA sign up new director, AMP looks for a new marketer, ANZ tracks rise in mobi 25 January 2018 5:31PM Credit Union SA, that state's third largest credit union, has boosted its board's retail banking and risk management experience with the appointment of Philip Riquier. read more
Foreign news: China's shadow banks in decline, Mastercard looks to biometrics, WeChat Pay to allow f 25 January 2018 5:29PM Standard and Poor's says heightened regulatory scrutiny in China will result in a slowdown of shadow-banking activity and see banks writing off more credit losses in 2018. read more
US wire fraud scammers may reimburse Aussie victims 24 January 2018 5:40PM An agreement by Western Union to pay a penalty of US$586 million to the United States Department of Justice, after admitting to aiding and abetting wire fraud, might see refunds paid to some Australia.. read more
Briefs: New Tyro CEO to expand business banking, Digital start-up bank Xinja close to launch, Aussie 24 January 2018 5:35PM Outgoing chief executive of Tatts, Robbie Cooke, is to become CEO of Tyro from the end of March 2018. read more
Foreign news: South Korea bans anonymous cryptocurrency wallets 24 January 2018 5:31PM South Korea is banning the use of anonymous bank accounts to make cryptocurrency transactions, in a bid to limit the use of virtual currencies for crimes such as money laundering. read more
Club loans head down in APAC, up in Australasia 23 January 2018 4:49PM Syndicated loan volume in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) for the 2017 calendar year continued to decline, along with the number of transactions, but there was a rise in both volume and numb.. read more
Briefs: BOQ pitches new 5-year bonds, mutual banks in change management mode 23 January 2018 4:47PM Bank of Queensland has mandated ANZ, NAB, UBS and Westpac for a benchmark five-year senior unsecured bond transaction. read more
Foreign news: UK fee disclosure rules ruffle managers 23 January 2018 4:44PM New EU disclosure rules known as Mifid II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II) took effect on January 3, have revealed the hidden costs investors have been paying. read more