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Retirement banking comes of age

... we've been very public about our commitment to improving security in customer accounts. We're also probably one of the only banks in the market who has actually seen internet banking fraud come down for the last couple of years," said Brian Hartzer ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... LONDON - Britain's benchmark share index rose 0.15 per cent, guided upwards by a stellar performance from Vodafone, and as banks helped bolster gains on European stock markets. Britain's FTSE snapped two sessions of losses to close up 9.8 points at 6,616.4. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... substantially. "It seems to be driven by BHP (Billiton) and Rio Tinto, they are certainly behind the move," she said. "But the banks are all tracking up too after being sold off pretty aggressively yesterday for no apparent reason. I guess we did sell ...

Economic round-up: Bank fee jump is our fault, not theirs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
Banks are right now being attacked because of the 6 per cent or $10 billion increase in their fee revenues that is showing up in their profit results, but the fee jump reflects changes in the economy and how we use banks rather than fee gouging. So ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... strength in the job market signalled a reduced chance of interest-rate cuts. Shares of interest-rate sensitive plays, including banks, declined, but energy shares rose to lifetime highs after oil prices jumped more than $2 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
A record close on Wall St lifted the Australian sharemarket into positive territory, with the banks and the miners again leading the way. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index was up 33.6 points at 6328.2, while the all ordinaries also gained ...

Kiwibank fined over lack of disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... Act while a banking group recently appointed as a KiwiSaver default fund is also under investigation. The case concerns banks which failed to properly disclose currency conversion fees paid by its MasterCard cardholders. Kiwibank is the fifth New Zealand ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... despite a strong start to the day. The local bourse started the day in positive territory, but was driven back by falls in the banks, miners and energy stocks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.1 points at 6281.1, while the all ...

Local banks face global assault

A leading e-commerce expert is urging local banks to re-evaluate their IT services or risk losing market share to global providers. The power has shifted from banks to the customers and the provider who can handle the scale and global demands of financial ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... unprecedented turnover, as investors bet on rising fund flows from mainland China after Beijing for the first time allowed banks to plough their clients' money into overseas equities. The benchmark Hang Seng Index had its best one-day gain in nearly ...