Overseas briefs: RBS selling off Coutts, UK banks agree to allow post office access, India tightens 31 March 2015 4:36PM The Swiss private banking sector will undergo further consolidation after the Geneva-based Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) agreed a deal to buy the non-British business of Coutts from the Royal Bank of S.. read more
Overseas brief: UK banks to give notice of branch closures 30 March 2015 4:35PM British banks will have to provide 12 weeks' notice before closing a branch and publish assessments on the impact of the closure on customers, under a new protocol put together by the British Bankers.. read more
Briefs: Heritage's Minz to retire, Liberty prices inaugural MTN, ABA opposes capital floors 30 March 2015 4:35PM Heritage Bank chief executive John Minz has announced that he will retire when his current contract expires at the end of the year. read more
Briefs: bank trust levels low, ANZ NZ extends FastWay to EFTPOS, warning on NZ cards, property debt 27 March 2015 4:39PM Banks in Australia and New Zealand are back to delivering strong results for shareholders. For them, if not for the northern hemisphere, the acute disaster of the global financial crisis has passed. read more
Overseas news briefs: Paypal settlement, jobs cut as Wells Fargo improves, Deutsche looks at diversi 27 March 2015 4:37PM PayPal has agreed to pay US$7.7 million to settle US Treasury charges over lax screening and failure of its technology, causing the firm to violate multiple sanctions programmes against Iran, Cuba and.. read more
Briefs: New execs at SocietyOne and MyState, Wide Bay's name change, NAB tops up BNZ's capital, more 26 March 2015 5:10PM Australian peer-to-peer lending platform SocietyOne announced yesterday that Simon Schwarz will join the company as chief operating officer. Schwarz was the chief credit officer of the Australian arm.. read more
Overseas news briefs: Indian banks warned on outsourcing, Indonesia seeks project funding, Malaysia- 26 March 2015 5:07PM With the rise in the number of loan default cases, the Reserve Bank of India has warned lenders against outsourcing their credit processing activities to third party entities, reports Press Trust of I.. read more
Briefs: RBNZ's Spencer appointed to OECD role, AFG appoints new GM, Payments NZ widens membership 25 March 2015 4:26PM Reserve Bank of New Zealand deputy governor Grant Spencer has been appointed chair of the OECD's Committee on Financial Markets. read more
Overseas briefs: US bank regulators unhappy with living wills, moves on Philippine's Bank of Commerc 25 March 2015 4:24PM US bank regulators criticised crisis plans submitted by three foreign banks on Monday, saying they expected them to improve their "living wills" or face administrative repercussions. read more
Briefs: Macquarie to close Risk Advice Specialists, AOFM launches 20-year bond, farmers start year o 24 March 2015 5:07PM Macquarie Group will close Risk Advice Specialists, a boutique advisory dealer group operating under the Macquarie finance services licence. read more