Briefs: New ACCC commissioners, smart ticketing launch in Queensland 14 December 2020 6:07AM Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has appointed two new commissioners to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. read more
NAB introduces in-app receipts, Law Finance hires new CEO, merchant service fees move 11 December 2020 5:26AM Claiming a first for the local banking market, NAB has updated its mobile app so that participating retailers can send electronic receipts automatically to the app. read more
Briefs: CBA likes Holland, new ASF committee, Novatti digs Ripple, Cirralto picks Fiserv 09 December 2020 6:25AM The Australian Securitisation Forum has announced the results of its election for national committee positions. read more
Briefs: HESTA backs AU, Heritage bulks up executive ranks, Kyckr bo 02 December 2020 6:03AM Industry fund HESTA has committed A$20 million as a cornerstone investor in Australian Unity’s inaugural issuance of Mutual Capital. read more
Briefs: Doing well across the ditch, RBNZ outage, and more 01 December 2020 6:31AM In New Zealand, more than two-thirds of consumer loans that had principal and interest repayments deferred due to the impact of COVID-19 are now ‘back to normal’. read more
Briefs: RACQ Bank, Defence Bank and Credit Clear appointments 26 November 2020 6:17AM RACQ Bank has announced its new group executive, Defence Bank has made two appointments to its board and a finance industry veteran has joined the board of Credit Clear. read more
Briefs: Google moves from payments to banking, new Smartpay CFO Sydney-based 24 November 2020 5:43AM Google has relaunched its Google Pay service, with an Insights function that allows users to connect their bank accounts to the app to get an overview of their finances. read more
Briefs: Flexigroup bundll’s Mastercard, CML and COG make up, Heritage deferrals down 20 November 2020 4:36AM Flexigroup has contracted with Mastercard to offer the consumer finance company’s “buy now pay later anywhere” product bundll globally. read more
Briefs: NAB FRN, New Resimac a director, Bloomberg rebrands benchmarks 19 November 2020 6:01AM NAB issued A$1.25 billion of subordinated floating rate notes yesterday read more
Afterpay goes for 2 CEOs, Openpay expands footprint 18 November 2020 6:06AM Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar has moved into the role of co-CEO at the buy now pay later company, joining his co-founder Anthony Eisen. Meanwhile, Openpay has signed up Kogan.com. read more