CUA sets up CEO rounders 01 May 2019 4:10PM Rob Goudswaard, CEO of Credit Union Australia, pulled a bit of a surprise yesterday, outlining plans to leave in February 2020.Might the fourth-largest mutual ADI supply his successor (a long rumoured.. read more
Zip winds up asset-backed lending 30 April 2019 4:09PM Transaction volumes fell eight per cent over the last quarter for Zip Co Ltd, small beer at a fintech lender bagging decent growth in credit and other key metrics. The slow burn preparing its Master.. read more
Carney competes for fintech spotlight 30 April 2019 2:07PM There is "a growing pipeline of firms" - make that fintechs - clamouring for access on level terms with banks to the central bank's most vital, and real-time, payments processing. At least in England.. read more
From MacBank to EziBank lotto 24 April 2019 4:35PM Todd Hannigan, Raymond Younan and Tim Brown head a syndicate of 20 investors taking a red hot run at winning the neobank war in Australia.Another ex MacBanker will be chief operating officer of Brown'.. read more
NAIF'in like hasty financial exit 24 April 2019 4:34PM The Northern Australian Infrastructure Fund, lined up for obliteration. read more
Credit edited amid investment optimism 11 April 2019 4:16PM The RBA's business liaison program for now supports the idea that business conditions are not so bad and 'business investment has been growing at a good rate," the RBA's Guy Debelle said yesterday. read more
Business credit demand vanishes 10 April 2019 4:23PM Mortgage finance volumes bounced back in February, a rare piece of good news in banking.On the flip-side, business credit flows have crashed. read more
S&P doubts resolve over bank rescues 10 April 2019 4:21PM There is still "no clear framework for loss absorption" during a wind-up or resolution of a failing bank, S&P says. Though APRA have said there will be no statutory bail-in power at all, this is a.. read more
Branding redo costs WA 'neo-BNK' 10 April 2019 4:16PM Yet another restructure is on the horizon for BNK Banking Corp, a minnow striving for acclaim amid the neo-bank limelight. read more
IMF on high anxiety over Australian wealth and debt dynamics 08 April 2019 3:31PM This morning (in part via the AFR) banks and the market have a heads up from the IMF that the APRA and RBA-driven hard U-turn in mortgage credit (and most of all for investors) are finally wearing bla.. read more