ADVERT: Climbing the ladder to success: How 5 influential women are driving change across the financ 24 August 2016 9:55AM Ahead of Women in Leadership Banking and Finance 2016, we asked five influential women in the Australian Banking and Finance industry to share their leadership journeys and the strategies women can.. read more
Briefs: Auswide confirms merger talks with The Capricornian, new head of audit at ANZ 23 August 2016 4:15PM Auswide Bank has confirmed that it was in merger talks with The Capricornian Ltd, a Central Queensland credit union, although the board of The Capricornian had, so far, declined to advance the proposa.. read more
Foreign News: Tech execs not a major banking risk 23 August 2016 4:14PM BBVA, one of the most technology savvy banks in Europe, is concerned that the bonus cap is preventing the group from hiring talented executives from the tech sector or on acquiring promising "fintech".. read more
Contested 'bankruptcy' history of Senator Culleton 22 August 2016 4:18PM Some of the background to the "bankruptcy", if there was one, of recently elected One Nation senator Rod Culleton receives an airing in The Australian today. The newspaper's article centres on a mor.. read more
Briefs: Yodlee flap, Whole loan sale by Pepper, Porges steps down at DirectMoney, HashChing pitches 22 August 2016 4:13PM Controversy over the use of the Yodlee "screen-scraping" method to access bank accounts by fintech gets reheated in the Financial Review. . In April, Fintech Australia, a new lobby group for financi.. read more
Briefs: CUA launches Android Pay, Stevens quits SocietyOne board 18 August 2016 4:06PM CUA is the latest financial institution to launch Android Pay. CUA members have access to the mobile wallet service via their debit and credit cards. read more
Briefs: Suncorp Bank issues covered bonds, Oswals v ANZ back in court, Suncorp's covered bonds, BMWf 17 August 2016 4:04PM Suncorp Bank has competed its second covered bond transaction, issuing A$350 million of ten-year fixed-rate notes at a margin of 135 basis points over the ten-year asset swap. read more
Briefs: UniBank enters the broker market, BDO changes tack on bank debts, ANZ to issue new hybrid se 16 August 2016 4:29PM Teachers Mutual Bank subsidiary UniBank has entered the third party distribution market. read more
Foreign news: Card Not Present theft on the rise, negative Fitch bank ratings continue, contactless 16 August 2016 4:27PM The rise of cybercrime and theft of consumers' data are evident in the card fraud figures from 2014 to 2015, according to a report from data analytics firm FICO. read more
Briefs: Genworth chair to retire, Finsia and Monash launch MBA scholarship 15 August 2016 4:02PM Richard Grellman, who has been the chair of Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia since 2012, will retire at the end of the month. read more