NPP one step closer to the launch pad 12 October 2017 5:37PM The New Payments Platform is about to go live, initially for a limited number of users but with a hard start date for the general public scheduled for immediately after Australia Day 2018. read more
Six maps chart Melbourne meltdown 12 October 2017 5:29PM Facebook followers of Victorian Labor tyro Kos Samaras are weighing up six maps of Melbourne on rental stress and mortgages stress in the city. read more
Briefs: CBA promises low cost credit card, Kyckr raises $2m 12 October 2017 5:21PM Commonwealth Bank said it would launch a new credit card in 2018 - with a purchase interest rate, account keeping fee and cash advance restrictions which are all directly comparable to a card introduc.. read more
Big banks in Asia-Pac building capital 11 October 2017 5:39PM The latest data on Basel III leverage ratios for Asia-Pacific's biggest banks by assets shows Australia's Big Four banks sitting among the majority of large banks in the region, having raised their le.. read more
Briefs: Regulators welcome new guidelines on BBSW, Westpac caps account keeping fees, and more 11 October 2017 5:37PM ASIC and the Reserve Bank have each given a green light to new guidelines developed by the ASX for trading in bank bill swaps. read more
Foreign News: Moody's says asset quality improving at Chinese banks, Far Eastern funds re-routed in 11 October 2017 5:31PM The performance of China's sixteen largest banks in the first six months of this year showed better asset quality, although lower net interest margins put pressure on profitability. read more
Growth accelerates at SocietyOne 10 October 2017 5:17PM Online marketplace lender, SocietyOne is continuing to ramp personal finance volumes, growing its loan book by A$38 million in the September quarter. read more
Briefs: RBNZ shake-up and foreign buying under negotiation in NZ, broker jailed for fraud 10 October 2017 5:08PM New Zealand's "kingmaker" Winston Peters is remaining close-lipped about his aims in the ongoing coalition negotiations that have followed the election. read more
Foreign news: EC launches anti-trust probe, Italy fears new bad loan regulations, ECB says banks can 10 October 2017 5:01PM European Commission anti-trust investigators are probing whether banks are deliberately blocking non-bank competitors from accessing customer account data. read more
Bouris nuts out YBR exit options 09 October 2017 4:58PM Yellow Brick Road "has attracted the attention of an offshore-based suitor", as well as a local financial upstart, the Financial Review reports in its Street Talk column. read more