Briefs: RBNZ wants simpler measures of capital and risk, car loan arrears stable 03 August 2017 3:49PM The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is "leaning towards simplifying both the allowable capital instruments and the methods for measuring risk." read more
Foreign news: Verizon issues first phone payments securitisation 03 August 2017 3:48PM Standard & Poor's has published research on the market for securitisation of mobile handset plans. read more
Brief: NAB ticks Sedgwick box 01 August 2017 3:59PM Hundreds of retail branch managers, assistant branch managers and sales team leaders in consumer call centres at NAB will move off their existing incentive plan in October. read more
Foreign News: UnionPay losing ground to non-bank payments, US credit card losses up, HSBC big buy ba 01 August 2017 3:44PM UnionPay, China's largest card-payment network operator, is struggling to stay relevant in an increasingly cashless economy. read more
Briefs: Gateway follows the trend, Fitch affirms Macquarie ratings 31 July 2017 4:13PM Gateway Credit Union will join the fray and seek member approval to trade as Gateway Bank. read more
Foreign News: LIBOR to linger in UK 31 July 2017 4:12PM The LIBOR interest rate benchmark will remain in use until at least the end of 2021, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority now says. read more
ADVERT: Driving Innovation in Banking: Greater Bank's Incubation Accelerator 31 July 2017 4:11PM Despite being a smaller player in the Australian banking sector, Greater Bank has successfully delivered innovations and technologies that rival their Big 4 competition.Their success in corporate in.. read more
Macquarie's 1Q 2017 results in line, ahead of AGM 28 July 2017 4:19PM The performance from Macquarie Group's businesses in the first quarter of operations has been broadly in line with expectations. read more
Briefs: Macquarie's REM report draws shareholders' ire, first Kiwi green bond, NZ P2P lender Harmon 28 July 2017 4:17PM It wasn't all smooth sailing at the Macquarie Group AGM. The AFR reports that there was a 15 per cent cast against the executive team's remuneration. read more
Foreign news: China's largest P2P lender to wind down 28 July 2017 4:16PM China's largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform — Hongling Capital — plans to get out of the online lending business within three years, citing a poor track record of people repaying loans. read more