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What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... banking industry. The major banks will be slugged $6.2 billion via a new levy to level the playing field for the banking sector. The government said this represents a fair additional contribution from our major banks and will assist with budget repair ...

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 ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The major banks will be slugged $6.2 billion via a new levy to level the playing field for the banking sector. "This represents a fair additional contribution from our major banks and will assist with budget repair by at least $1.5 billion per year," ...

Banks can offer fintech an olive branch

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... able to grow and become internationally competitive unless there are less barriers for challengers to enter the banking sector and provide greater choice for consumers," FinTech Australia chief executive Danielle Szetho says. This is an extract of a ...

CBA executive recognised for mentee commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... helping vulnerable young women turn their lives around. "In addition to her very demanding, full-time role in the banking sector, she is an unsung hero who has gone above and beyond her volunteer role... Her mentee had complex issues and Kate has continued ...

Global advice group becomes investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... "an exhaustive fact-finding mission to find the most suitable jurisdiction for us to enter into the investment banking sector." "Mauritius has a robust international reputation, which is based on good governance, pro-business policies, legal expertise ...

CBA caught out on unpaid super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... Julia Angrisano said. "It is bad enough that Australia's most profitable bank pays some of the lowest wages in the banking sector, now we are finding that part-time staff aren't getting their full superannuation entitlement." Angrisano said it is difficult ...

Bentham hires AMP Capital analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Bentham Asset Management appointed a senior analyst specialising in bank capital securities. Linden Smith joins Bentham from AMP Capital, where he was a senior credit analyst in the firm's credit research team. In his role Smith was also the main port ...

Technological advancement puts infrastructure at risk: KPMG

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
An industry consultant says the rapid pace of technological change is putting infrastructure assets at risk of being obsolete before the end of anticipated lifecycles. In its Emerging Trends in Infrastructure 2017 report, KPMG says infrastructure planners ...

Queensland bank sells planning business

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... branches across Queensland. He said Bridges' experience in providing financial planning services to the customer-owned banking sector and knowledge of this sector's principles "was very important to Heritage when considering the sale." It allows Heritage ...