BOQ's former owner managers still firing back 19 February 2015 4:38PM Submissions concluded yesterday in the appeal by 11 former owner managers of Bank of Queensland branches against last year's judgment in favour of BOQ in the NSW Supreme Court. read more
Bank of Queensland franchisees back in court 18 February 2015 5:51PM An appeal by several former Bank of Queensland franchisees against a judgment against them in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, handed down almost a year ago to the day, is underway before three o.. read more
ASX reports a profitable half year but faces mounting pressures 13 February 2015 5:25PM Listed securities exchange business ASX has reported a profitable half year, a point that Elmer Funke Kupper, ASX managing director and chief executive, was keen to emphasise when announcing the resul.. read more
Investments in private equity and venture capital ease 13 February 2015 4:49PM A report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shed further light on venture capital and later stage private equity, a section of the lending market defined by the ABS as "high risk capit.. read more
Westpac leads Big Four on business banking satisfaction 13 February 2015 4:39PM The satisfaction level of Westpac's business banking customers in January, as measured by Roy Morgan Research, was 70.5 per cent. This was a decline of 1.3 per cent from December, but still leaves Wes.. read more
Briefs: FlexiGroup not a GE bidder and other denials, Brett King joins LendEx, BOQ prices notes, and 13 February 2015 4:33PM Brett King has joined the advisory board of marketplace lending platform, LendEx, said David Ruddiman, the firm's CEO, yesterday. read more
Banking and life insurance lift Suncorp Group's half-year result 12 February 2015 5:27PM Suncorp Group's net profit after tax for the first half of fiscal 2015 increased by 15.1 per cent to A$631 million, supported by improved results in its banking (A$176 million, up from $105 million in.. read more
Bail-in rules ignored by APAC banks 10 February 2015 5:34PM Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has explained how the approach taken in placing some major European banks on negative credit watch might apply to major Asia-Pacific banks read more
PayPal changes Australian fee structure 06 February 2015 4:38PM PayPal is raising its sellers' fees in Australia, as its website now shows. read more
2020 vision: Bank wages to drop, jobs to go to robots 06 February 2015 4:36PM An upbeat assessment of regional financial services employment prospects in the Asia-Pacific region from professional services recruiter Morgan McKinley points unwittingly to medium-term pay cuts. read more