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Phone usage reveals opportunity for financial services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... example of such a development. Johnston said we can now legitimately ask whether the smartphone going to replace the credit card. "Although 55% of us use a mobile banking app to transfer money, when it comes to mobile payments only 35% of survey respondents ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... broader All Ordinaries index was up 26 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 5,457.1 points. NEW YORK - Strong earnings by credit card giant Visa have sent its stock soaring, almost single-handedly powering the Dow to a 1.3 per cent gain. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

US insurance agency fined US$200,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Highlighting how soft are the fines imposed on financial institutions by Australian regulators, in the US the aptly named Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has just ordered an insurance agency to pay US$200,000 for orchestrating illegal referrals. ...

New players need support to enter financial services: Coles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... first half of 2015. The retailer has written more than 350,000 insurance policies and has opened more than 400,000 credit card accounts. Read all Financial Standard coverage of the FSIA here

Ex-Deutsche Bank exec joins Woolworths board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Woolworths has appointed Deutsche Bank's former head of corporate finance for Australia and New Zealand Scott Perkins as a non-executive director. Prior to his role as head of corporate finance, Perkins was chief executive of Deutsche Bank New Zealand ...

FSI flooded with second round submissions

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... Interim Report which was released in July. According to the FSI over 5,000 submissions were received on the issue of "credit card surcharges" and around 700 covered the issue of "too-big-to fail" or "bail in." The reaction to the call for first round ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
Financial advisers could play a key role in protecting clients against the rise of identity theft and data fraud, Zurich Australia said. As many as 45% of financial advisers feel that offering clients protection from identity theft could add value to ...

SMSFs stung by $1M property Ponzi scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Barry John Patrick, a 71-year-old man from Victoria, has been charged for illegally obtaining more than $1 million from self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors to fund property development. Patrick obtained the money from 14 investors between 2007 ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... points at 5,466. In local economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release lending finance and credit card data for May. Shareholders in department store chain David Jones will also meet in Sydney to vote on a proposed $2.2 billion ...

Poll shows low esteem for financial advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... their younger self, 57% said they would "start saving earlier". One in four said they would advise against getting a credit card. REST chief executive Damian Hill said the poll showed that Australians are not getting the right financial advice early ...