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Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... communities. Alongside The Benevolent Society, NSW Treasury and the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, both CBA and Westpac were integral in developing the bond. The investment vehicle finances a Resilient Families program which aims to ...

CBA partners to capitalise on Chinese tourism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... leading mobile and online payment platform to provide payment solutions to Australian and Chinese consumers and retailers. CBA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Alipay, operated by Ant Financial Services Group - the world's largest mobile ...

CBA responds to systemic advice failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... million in required compensation estimated by ASIC. In response to ASIC's report 'Financial advice: Fees for no service', CBA has confirmed it will be refunding $105 million in fees, plus interest, to impacted customers. The refunds with interest will ...

ASIC confirms systemic failures in advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... Management Project which is focusing on the conduct of Australia's largest advice firms, including the advice arms of AMP, ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac groups. To date there has been approximately $23.7 million of fee refunds and compensation paid, or agreed ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... known as smart contracts, and the Internet of Things; the internetworking of devices and data-gathering sensors. According to CBA, the $35,000 trade "introduced a physical supply chain trigger to the terms of the transaction to confirm the geographic ...

CBA reinforces gender equality through financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... recommendations to its in-school financial literacy program in a bid to foster the financial empowerment of women and girls. CBA engaged Our Watch, the national foundation to prevent violence against women and children, to review its Start Smart program ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... expertise to better understand the Australian bond market. Addressing the bank's ninth Annual Global Markets Conference in Sydney, CBA head of fixed income research Adam Donaldson noted the appeal of Australian bond markets in a low-growth environment. ...

Narev points to GFC for bank dissatisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... of our customers, we must redouble our efforts," he said. Alluding to this year's CommInsure scandal and the dissection of CBA's financial planning arm by this month's parliamentary committee, Narev told delegates that as part of this strategy they will ...

CBA chair steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... will retire from the board at the end of the year, to be replaced by a current non-executive director. Having served on the CBA board for a decade and as chairman since 2010, Turner said he has greatly enjoyed his time with the bank. "The strength of ...

CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... recent survey from Zurich revealing Australians to be overconfident when it comes to money and have poor financial literacy, CBA has rolled out its Smart Start Virtual Reality pilot in 24 schools across Australia. CBA general manager of corporate responsibility ...