Australia

Regulator zeroes in on misbehaving Australian banks issuing pension products

CBA and ANZ have agreed to pay a total $1.85m in community payments.

Australian banks urged to set credit card lending limits

A corporate regulator is proposing a three-year repayment period.

ANZ exits another market with pullout from Papua New Guinea

The bank is concentrating on institutional and corporate banking.

Rural lending woes come knocking at Australian banks

Lenders may not be willing to take risks with little return guarantees.

Australia's purely digital bank Volt inks deal with fintech platform for payments

Customers will be able to connect with multiple service providers without changing existing payments and tech infrastructure.

Bank satisfaction deep dives in Australia after damning probe

The number of customers unlikely to recommend their bank hit a two-year peak.

Cards are chipping away at cash and cheque use in Australia

Consumers made over 8.3 billion card payments in 2017, equal to 23 million transactions a day.

Australia intensifies oversight over fintech lending

Moody’s lauds the move as a welcome development to improve transparency.

Robots could cut 10,000 Australian banking jobs over the next decade

The four major lenders slashed over 4,000 full-time roles in 2017.

Westpac's Tim Whiteley talks about the bank's AI and machine learning initiatives

Find out how the bank is developing its digital channels and systems architecture.

CBA agrees to shell out record $529.3m penalty

The payment will settle money laundering charges brought by the financial intelligence agency.

Bad loans inch up in Australian banks as mortgage arrears rise

There was an uptick in mortgage loans overdue for more than 90 days.

Embattled ANZ faces criminal cartel charges

The bank is grappling with a $2.3b share issue alongside underwriters Deutsche and Citigroup.

Australian watchdog seeks staff integration into misbehaving banks to intensify oversight

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking funding for this purpose.