Regional Australia Bank has used its annual report to ramp up the rhetoric around its frustration with “the constant erosion ...

APRA has been tub-thumping all year about AI and cyber risk, saying governance is lagging dangerously behind adoption.

T he Financial Stability Board has rated Australia as ‘materially non-compliant’ in a Review on Public Sector Backstop ...

The Customer Owned Banking Association has announced the appointment of Yasser El-Ansary as its incoming Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed outgoing CEO Michael Lawrence, who is retiring later ...

Teachers Mutual Bank celebrated its 60th anniversary last month, and is looking a lot like one of the very few mutual banks that will still be around in 60 years time.

Etienne Alexiou, the former head of global balance sheet management at ANZ failed on the most material claims made against ANZ following a lengthy trial in the Federal Court late last year. But ...

Consultation closes today, Monday, 28 September, on AFCA’s proposed new 'Scam Rules'. The Scam Rules will govern the processes AFCA will use to resolve disputes under the as-yet-not-finalised Scams ...

On 27 January 2026, without any fanfare other than inclusion in a newsletter a few months later, the ACCC very quietly updated its general guidance on ‘third party data sharing use cases’. It framed ...

According to MYOB, over 40% of small businesses, who want to use open banking to share their transaction data, give up. Under the Consumer Data Right (CDR), there is a requirement for a business ...

FinTech Australia has prepared a response to AFCA’s ‘Scam Rules’ consultation. It identifies several areas of common concern within the banking industry more broadly, including the short ...

Ahead of the Scams Prevention Framework (SPF) common and industry codes taking effect from 31 March 2027, AFCA has formally strengthened its coordination with the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman ...

The ABA has brought out an updated industry guideline to help banks better prevent, detect and respond to financial abuse, including elder abuse, as well as family and domestic violence. These ...