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Financial services data breaches recorded

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... information. Financial details were involved in 30% of notifiable data breaches, including bank account details and credit card numbers. Human error (50.79%) and malicious or criminal attacks (44.44%) accounted for more than 95% of all sources of breaches ...

Royal Commission could lead to credit crunch: UBS

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... irresponsible lending. The report cited ANZ recently ceasing consumer loans for cars, boats and caravans and CBA suspending credit card and personal loan insurance. "Following intense questioning by the Royal Commission, we believe the banks' boards ...

ABA makes new code compulsory

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... in December, asks retail banks to: provide plain English contracts for customers, stop unsolicited offers to raise credit card limits, give customers the ability to end credit cards online, and to inform customers about service fees before they are incurred. ...

Financial advice under the Royal Commission spotlight next month

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
The Royal Commission will set its sights on the financial advice industry in April, with the first hearing taking place on the 16th. The first round of public hearings commenced today and focused on consumer lending practices regarding credit products ...

General advice "misleading": Productivity Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
The Productivity Commission is calling for the existing notion of general advice to be scrapped. In its draft report into competition in the Australian financial system, the Productivity Commission argues the use of the term 'advice' should be limited ...

Macquarie adopts open banking solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... provider Zip Co, which operates under its zipPay and zipMoney brands, will allow Macquarie customers to add banking and credit card accounts via personal financial management app Pocketbook. Zip Co acquired Pocketbook in 2016 and currently has more than ...

Financial advice crucial to industry fund members: Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... offer personalised member advice services. "Whether it's advice to get finances under control and manage mortgage or credit card debt right through to replacing the pay packet at retirement, our members can access professional advice and assistance with ...

Salt reveals retirement hotspots

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... stress into retirement, with 46% of older working Australians expecting to retire with debt: one in four retiring with credit card debt (25%), one in five with a mortgage (21%) and one in ten with unpaid bills (12%). Measures announced in this year's ...

Media Super appoints investments GM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
Media Super has appointed a general manager, investments. Norman Zhang joins the super fund from Frontier Advisors, where he was lead consultant. Prior to that, he was a consultant at Ernst & Young and a commercial credit cards service consultant at ...

Myprosperity partners with $6.2bn platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... guided decisions if it makes sense to buy an investment portfolio or if the money could be used elsewhere to pay off a credit card or mortgage or kept in savings, Pettit said. As at September, HUB24 reached $6.2 billion in funds under administration ...