Novatti game for the payments fight 21 June 2023 11:40PM Novatti could clean up, big time - or they could blow it all away. read more
Prime value in RMBS arrears 21 June 2023 11:37PM Monetary tightening is well and truly being felt in the largely self-employed outer urban fringe of the big cities. read more
Finance employee income on the slide 21 June 2023 11:34PM Either there have been a lot of unnoticed layoffs in banking and finance lately or those fortunate to have a job are being paid less. It looks like the latter. read more
Suncorp sensitive to Bendigo 13 June 2023 2:04AM Suncorp Group displays great sensitivity and perhaps extreme anxiety around the notion that Bendigo and Adelaide Bank might make a credible alternative buyer (to ANZ) of Suncorp Bank. read more
APRA clamps down on lending exceptions 13 June 2023 1:59AM APRA is taking a stern view of the reported willingness of some banks to take a slightly more lax attitude to the long-standing ‘serviceability’ buffer on home loans - currently set at 3 per cent. read more
Mutual banks call off merger 08 June 2023 5:45AM Australian Mutual Bank and Community First Bank have cancelled a mooted merger. read more
Suncorp 'not fit' to grow 07 June 2023 6:20AM ANZ is digging deep to push its proposed acquisition of Suncorp Bank over the line, with the ACCC due to make its ruling on the merger by next month. read more
S&P sees profit reversal 06 June 2023 5:46AM S&P is forecasting that the earnings of Australian banks are likely to peak this year, then trend downwards. read more
Moody's upgrades Macquarie 05 June 2023 5:34AM Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Macquarie’s ratings. read more
BOQ's mystery prudential inquiry 01 June 2023 4:59AM Kept under wraps for the best part of a year, the ugly findings of an APRA prudential review into Bank of Queensland are now out in the open. read more