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Royal Commission on social media: Regulators under scrutiny

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... final straight this week, commentators took to Twitter to have their say. Hardly a surprise given the #BankingRC > "...The banking, finance and insurance sector now has the lowest Ethics Index score of all sectors this year..." > @GovInstAus Ethics Index ...

Industry fund contract under works at Link

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... today also announced it partnered with Leveris, a financial technology company headquartered in Ireland with expertise in banking and financial services. Leveris has developed a "next-generation" end-to-end banking platform that facilitates lending ...

ANZ grilled over Smart Choice sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... risk with all superannuation products," Pankhurst said. Pankhurst was then shown a document prepared by ANZ's retail banking risk and compliance team that outlined the above as a key risk of selling the Smart Choice product. "Has there been any consideration ...

Customer data protections progress

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... service providers," he said. It's positioned to arm Australians with the right information they need to seek better deals on banking products and loans, Morrison added. Further sectors such as energy and telecommunications services will be added over ...

Financial services confidence continues spiral

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... pursuit of profit to the detriment of customers. Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steven Burrell said banking, finance and insurance companies are likely to fall beyond their current consumer sentiment low-point as the financial services ...

New fund to invest in "clean disruption" tech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... investment career before leaving for Atlas. The third co-founder Kent Kwan has worked at Macquarie and JP Morgan in investment banking and equity capital markets roles. He was ASX-listed Arowna International Limited's chief investment officer prior to ...

Trust in financial services down since Royal Commission: Poll

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Financial Standard readers say trust and satisfaction levels in banking and financial services have taken a hit since the Royal Commission began. Eighty-seven per cent of respondents to a Financial Standard poll either agreed or strongly agreed the ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... may not be hedged against the lira's weakness, a worry since foreign currency loans make up about 40% of the Turkish banking sector's assets." Digging deeper, an article on uk.lalalay.com reveals that: "Spanish banks are owed $83.3bn by Turkish ...

Royal Commission on social media: Former Treasurer weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... this week, financial services executives and commentators took to twitter to have their say. The Royal Commission into banking is correct... having multiple super accounts may mean paying way too much in insurance and fees. Apathy will mean that you ...

NAB CEO apologises over super failures

HARRISON WORLEY, DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... Commission. Speaking about confronting allegations at the Royal Commission, the NAB chief executive said it was clear the banking and wealth management group had not met the standard it expects. "And I'm sorry for that," Thorburn said. "It's ...