Hobbling the CEFC easy to do

Discussion the new Coalition Government's plans to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have tended to centre on the CEFC's legislated goals, and how to stay open for new business pending a.. read more

Online banking satisfies most

Roy Morgan Research has shed some extra light on shifting banking habits in a report on Friday. It says that in an average four-week period 59 per cent of Australians used the internet to access thei.. read more

Supplier credit modelled by RBA

Trade credit owed by Australian businesses is estimated to have been more than $80 billion at March 2013, which accounted for around eight per cent of total liabilities of all businesses, says.. read more

Payday lender shuts down

Cash Store, a payday lender, has ceased lending after administrators were appointed on Friday. The Toronto-listed firm said it had appointed a voluntary administrator to its wholly owned subsidiary,.. read more

SMSF gearing interests RBA

Borrowing for property investment by self-managed superannuation funds is on the radar of the Reserve Bank of Australia as being a source of future financial instability. read more

Bell Group's banks bury the bad news

The long running court case involving Bell Group and its banks ended yesterday in a "pragmatic" settlement for an undisclosed sum. The parties announced the matter had been settled after almost 20 yea.. read more

ME Bank jumps into modern era

ME Bank says it expects to complete its three-year technology overhaul on time by the second half of next year. The bank has a A$60 million budget for the project, which it says "will make it one of.. read more

DC Payments wrangles with Next

Legal jousting by ATM deployer DC Payments and a former staff member is occupying court time and providing a forum for a contest with the firm's newest competitor, Next Payments. read more