RAB feels the wellness in Douugh 04 September 2020 5:58AM Soon to launch in Australia, financial wellness fintech Douugh, will list, or relist on the ASX, via the shell of ZipTel. Regional Australia Bank, breaking strategic ground, remains in the game as ban.. read more
Wisr steers into car finance 04 September 2020 5:54AM Will Wisr make the grade as a ‘disruptive new entrant’ in vehicle finance? They had better watch out. Plenty in the target market for $60k loans (young lawyers and their ilk) are struggling with the r.. read more
The Australian real-time slowdown 03 September 2020 6:18AM The RBA's Real-time Gross Settlement Statistics and snap view of NPP volumes for August are awful. read more
$200bn TFF extended to June 2021 02 September 2020 6:33AM Deposit rates are headed for zero, but in the interests of mitigating bank funding risk, the RBA will increase the size of the Term Funding Facility and make the facility available for longer. read more
Clean cash back and front at RBA 01 September 2020 6:20AM The diminished demand for cash – via exaggerated concerns over the Covid-risks from handling grimy banknotes and coins – is real but overstated. And from this week the Reserve Bank pledges to “work to.. read more
TFF finds little credit in business lending 31 August 2020 6:14AM Will the TFF be renewed and even re-priced? Soon it will be time for the RBA to tell. read more
Suncorp ‘could do better’ 24 August 2020 5:51AM With a messy mix of rising cost ratios and a declining market share, Suncorp Bank is showing “the early signs of improvement”, or so group CEO Steve Johnston says. read more
RACQ CEO drives south 20 August 2020 6:46AM RACQ Bank has lost its CEO, Michelle Bagnall, who is headed for Victoria as the new CEO of Bank First. read more
Calamity Jim McEwans banking rot 17 August 2020 6:38AM Ten million new businesses must be ushered into view to replace the 2 million blown off course so far by the coronavirus but NAB is barely in sight as a contender to serve this market. read more
LMI claims severity ‘likely to increase’ 14 August 2020 6:33AM Potential claims from 'credit exposed classes' - lenders’ mortgage insurance, trade credit and landlords’ insurance – will define the QBE Group insurance profit in the period ahead. read more