CommBank closing in on NAB in business lending 02 June 2025 6:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers Commonwealth Bank may not be far away from stealing National Australia Bank’s crown as the biggest business bank. read more
NAB buys into Urbanise strata platform 20 May 2025 6:28AM Latest news Ian Rogers Seeking to cash in on the modernisation of payments flows surrounding strata buildings and their suppliers, NAB has taken a 15% stake in ASX-listed Urbanise. read more
Deposit franchise 'the difference' for NAB 08 May 2025 6:53AM Latest news Ian Rogers NAB acknowledges, for once, that Commonwealth Bank is the bigger business bank. read more
McCann replaces Yetton at Westpac 30 April 2025 6:27AM Latest news Ian Rogers Westpac has announced the appointment of Carolyn McCann as Acting Chief Executive, Consumer. read more
Governance failures aplenty at ANZ 07 April 2025 6:41AM Latest news Management of the risk function is, or was, a mess within ANZ’s Global Markets business. Many risk managers actively participate in daily risk management activities, leading some Markets staff to perc.. read more
NAB CFO defects to Westpac 18 March 2025 6:45AM Latest news Ian Rogers Andrew Irvine, NAB CEO, yesterday announced a raft of executive changes. read more
Macquarie rotate to ROTE 11 March 2025 12:11AM Latest news Ian Rogers Return on Tangible Equity will become a focus of Macquarie Group reporting. read more
Andrew Irvine sells NAB shares 05 March 2025 5:21AM Latest news Ian Rogers Andrew Irvine, the CEO of National Australia Bank, has sold a parcel of shares he held in the bank to a value of around $1.1 million. read more
Banking and finance profits surge 04 March 2025 12:05AM Latest news Ian Rogers It costs a mammoth $103 billion to run the banking industry in Australia, which for now is no barrier to record profits. read more
NIM hits Westpac profit hit in first quarter 18 February 2025 4:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers The net profit of Westpac fell nine per cent to $1.7 billion over the December 2024 quarter, with net interest margin falling a massive 20 basis points over the quarter. read more
NAB join moratorium on regional branch closures 12 February 2025 2:01AM Latest news Ian Rogers Major banks have agreed to extend their moratorium on branch closures in regional areas for two and a half years, until mid-2027. read more
New Westpac business chief hired from CBA 05 February 2025 6:08AM Latest news Ian Rogers Paul Fowler, a senior executive at Commonwealth Bank, has been appointed by Westpac as the bank’s Chief Executive, Business & Wealth. read more
NAB prevails in NULIS class action 04 December 2024 7:04AM Latest news Ian Rogers A representative action against NAB subsidiary NULIS Nominees (Australia) Limited in its capacity as trustee of the MLC Super Fund (No 4) has been dismissed by the Federal Court of Australia. read more
Axiom confronts 1derful losses 28 November 2024 4:40AM Latest news Ian Rogers Investors will be asking the board and management of Axiom Properties why it failed to disclose its heavy loss in the Supreme Court of NSW three weeks ago, in a case in which the fintech founder Luke.. read more
The brawl over 1derful 27 November 2024 3:05AM Latest news Ian Rogers 1derful not only lives to try and fight another day, it is a literal Lazarus. read more
NAB admits to failure on hardship requests 19 November 2024 6:35AM Latest news Ian Rogers National Australia Bank and its subsidiary Advantedge are defending proceedings bought by ASIC that it failed to respond to debtors’ hardship notices as required by the National Credit Code. read more
UBank a winner for NAB 13 November 2024 7:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers The letter U is now pretty much the sole preserve of NAB, at least in the realm of trade marks. read more
NAB revs up proprietary channel 08 November 2024 7:17AM Latest news Ian Rogers NAB will step up efforts to originate more new business via proprietary channels. read more
NAB CEO at sea on branches 15 October 2024 6:16AM Latest news Ian Rogers In a spectacular fail, NAB chief executive Andrew Irvine told a falsehood in a radio interview yesterday on NAB’s record on branch closures. Or is he clueless on what’s really going on? read more
Westpac targeted on transition plans 09 October 2024 5:11AM Latest news Ian Rogers Westpac shareholders will be asked to consider a pair of provocative resolutions lobbed by the activist group Market Forces at its annual meeting. read more