Driving cost savings at Customers 23 July 2010 4:44PM Customers Limited yesterday disclosed that it purchased the systems and software for the "drivers" of its ATM transactions from the firm's supplier Calypso. TNS Inc, a US-based payments processor, s.. read more
Time to talk payments 23 July 2010 4:43PM The Payments System Board yesterday provided a few pointers on the themes that it has in mind for the "strategic review" of payments announced two months ago. read more
Profit up and lending down at PNCS 23 July 2010 4:42PM Police & Nurses Credit Society yesterday said it will report a pre-tax profit of around $20 million, or 60 per cent more than in 2009. The credit union provided some profit highlights in a media.. read more
Unpaid phone bills pollute credit files 22 July 2010 4:33PM Thorn Group, a small consumer financier, yesterday offered a defence of its "no credit history checks" approach to marketing some of its rental products. read more
Discretion preferred over capital buffers 21 July 2010 4:42PM How much enthusiasm local financial regulators have for the reforms emanating from the Bank for International Settlements and related forums is doubtful, with central banks either side of the Tasman.. read more
Liquidity plans rare and underdone at super funds 16 July 2010 4:48PM Many superannuation funds appear underprepared to manage the liquidity risks attached to their funds, findings of a survey published by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority show. read more
Credit conditions suit some lenders 16 July 2010 4:47PM Credit growth may be subdued at present but for select lenders overall trading conditions are pretty favourable. One of those lenders, GE Capital, provided a taste of trends in its business at an in.. read more
A hundred credit union skittles still to fall 16 July 2010 4:45PM Consolidation is one of the continuing themes at the small end of the deposit-taking sector, and the CFO of one of the consolidators took a stab yesterday at guessing how many credit unions might su.. read more
Citi rents ATM sites 14 July 2010 4:21PM Customers Limited will rebrand at least 150 automatic teller machines under Citibank branding, the ATM operator announced yesterday. read more
Deposit kicker for Citi and Virgin Money 14 July 2010 4:21PM A "market-leading deposit rate" on what may be a no-transaction savings account will be the first product pitched into the market by Citibank, but carrying the branding of its new partner Virgin Mon.. read more