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Bank customer trust plummets: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
The level of bank customer trust and satisfaction is worsening thanks to the banking and financial services Royal Commission, according to new surveys. Prior to the Royal Commission, bank customer satisfaction reached 82.3% in January 2018 but plunged ...

Super fund rationalisation painful: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... members, she said. Nance likened the current situation in superannuation to rationalisation that took place in the credit union industry whereby larger entities took over smaller entities with poor performing loan books. Some poor performing funds are ...

YBR appoints new general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... Bank, national sales manager at GMAC-RFC and director - wholesale at Resimac. He was also chief executive of Security Credit Union and operations manager at Macquarie. His role at YBR will involve expanding on the group's franchisee network. YBR executive ...

Banking body appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The Customer Owned Banking Association named a former AMP Bank managing director as its new chief executive. Bringing more than 30 years' experience in financial services, Michael Lawrence will lead COBA from December 4, 2017. Lawrence led AMP Bank ...

Government names advice standards chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... Association and the general manager of Financial Services Education Agency Australia. He has also held roles at New England Credit Union, The Why Corporation and Financial Services Education Agency Australia. FASEA chair Catherine Walter said Sanders ...

Former ME Bank chief joins Powerwrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... National Mutual/AXA over the course of 15 years, and most recently spent three years as the chief executive of Quay Credit Union before retiring in 2016. He also ran his own business between 2009 and 2013, pursuing his own interests in self-managed superannuation ...

Governance professional joins SMSFA board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... governance professional to its board of directors. Robyn FitzRoy, who is currently a non-executive director of Gateway Credit Union, joins the SMSF Association board effective 1 June 2017. She brings more than 20 years of financial services experience ...

Government fintech agenda spotlights microbanking

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The Federal Government will open the doors to disruption in the banking sector as part of changes to its revised fintech investment agenda. The 2017-18 Budget includes provisions for newer entrants into the banking industry, including the relaxing the ...

Treasurer launches new financial system inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The government is launching yet another inquiry that will investigate the level of competition across Australia's financial system. The Productivity Commission has been tasked to deliver better outcomes for consumers and small businesses, as well as ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... noting that: "a customer in a dispute with a major bank would need to approach the FOS; a customer in a dispute with a credit union would need to approach either the FOS or the CIO, depending on which scheme the credit union was a member of; and a customer ...