SMEs recoil at tax debts collections acceleration 15 May 2024 6:51AM More than half of all small and medium businesses want relief from ATO collection activities, which they won’t be getting. The Australian Taxation Office in last night’s budget received a ton of new f.. read more
Ex HSBC COO joins Westpac board 15 May 2024 6:46AM Andy Maguire, an experienced banking technologist, will join the board of Westpac around the middle of the year. read more
President Chalmers throws it all at Treasury 15 May 2024 6:43AM Always in a position to see that it is suitably funded, Treasury is bulking itself up in this budget. read more
Banks pay price of beefing up APRA and ASIC 15 May 2024 6:41AM ASIC received tasty top up in its budget and will be taking on another 250 staff. read more
CBA IT corruption exposed 14 May 2024 6:14AM When cajoled into accepting a bribe and you work for a bank, take care not to arrange for that bribe to be paid into the same account with that bank linked to your corporate credit card, which will be.. read more
Failure of CBA class actions sets new standard 13 May 2024 12:12AM Nobody can reliably establish what information influences the prices at which anyone buys or sells shares, or the reasons anyone trades in shares at a point in time is the essence of a landmark decisi.. read more
Defiant faux banker slapped, not sanctioned 13 May 2024 12:09AM The penalty imposed on the eccentric owner/operator of a number of unauthorised banking businesses has been fined $10,000 for contempt of court, having continued to (superficially) trade for some time.. read more
NAB Banked on PayTo A2A 09 May 2024 12:56AM NAB is stirring things up in the subdued world of PayTo. PayTo needs all the help it can get. read more
Kiwis count on cash payments, RBNZ study finds 06 May 2024 7:39AM Cash advocates and Cash is King lunatics will smile when they take a look at the Cash Use Survey released by the RBNZ. read more
Consumer finance market conditions tighten 02 May 2024 8:03AM Lenders appear to be increasingly wary of their exposure to the consumer finance market, with a number increasing personal loan rates over the past month and cutting back on credit card balance transf.. read more