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Yesterday

John Lonsdale, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority chairman, says there is little chance that the lending rules will be weakened.

APRA warns of ‘international upheaval’ in lending rules

The prudential regulator’s chairman John Lonsdale said it was unlikely that Australia would follow the US in moderating the requirement to hold capital.

Banks are working through regulatory implications as agentic AI becomes part of the standard financial services tech stack.

Robotic decision-making throws up new risk amid privacy reforms

Increasing use of “agentic AI” means banks must tread carefully to comply with regulations covering personal information.

This Month

The RBA is keen to avoid a repeat of the ASX’s disastrous attempt to upgrade CHESS.

RBA alarm over banks’ plans to shut key payments system

The Bulk Electronic Clearing System, which handles almost $18 trillion in payments, is being replaced. But the troubled transition has the RBA worried.

RBNZ governor Adrien Orr, who also acted as the prudential regulator, had imposed strict capital standards on the banks.

Feud over Australian banks a factor in RBNZ governor’s abrupt exit

Adrian Orr had been concerned that in the event of a financial calamity, Australian lenders – by far the dominant banks in New Zealand – would retreat back home.

From left: Cbus chair Wayne Swan, APRA chair John Lonsdale and NAB chair Phil Chronican.

Bank, super boards the target of APRA’s new director rules

The lobby group for company directors described some of the proposals, which include limits on tenure and more oversight in succession planning, “overreach”.

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Westpac’s healthcare and professional services head of business banking Belinda Hegarty and ANZ commodity trader Siobhan Naylor.

This young commodity trader learnt from Macquarie’s $58m man

These two women are on their way up in the world of banking, in small part thanks to some pointed words of encouragement and extremely relevant advice.

February

Australia Post may have to reduce letter deliveries further.

Postie may come every three days if letters keep dying

Daily letter deliveries are a thing of the past and could fall further, but Australia Post has posted a healthy profit and looks set to expand its deal to provide rural banking.

NAB said most home owners preferred to maintain current repayments, especially as rates go down, allowing them to pay off loans more quickly

Big banks won’t automatically lower repayments after rate cut

NAB, CBA and ANZ require customers to “opt in” to get a reduction in monthly repayments, as lower interest rates were applied on Friday.

ASX futures are pointing to an opening drop.

ASX closes at one-month low, CBA down 2pc; Megaport rallies

Shares closer lower; new jobs hit 44,000, topping forecasts; Megaport soars 19pc; banks slump; Magellan down 10pc; Fortescue, Rio cut dividend.

NAB’s mixed update for the first quarter of the financial year unnerved investors on Wednesday.

Bank profit falls send uneasy investors into panic mode

NAB was the second major bank in three days to warn of weaker profits. An 8 per cent share price fall raised investors’ concerns the sector has begun to derate.

Farhan Faruqui, CFO at ANZ, and Jane Kuang, Finance Executive at BHP.

Think you need to be an accountant to be a CFO? You don’t

Analysis primarily of biographies and LinkedIn profiles of ASX 50 chief financial officers found that just over 60 per cent cite professional accounting qualifications.

The country’s major lenders are moving to pass on the first interest rate cut in almost five years.

Major banks move quickly to pass on cut in full

Westpac, NAB, CBA and ANZ have all announced a 25-basis-point cut to their mortgage rates, just minutes after the central bank moved the cash rate lower.

Graduates can still find employer programs straight out of university, but it’s becoming tougher as the employment market retreats from boom time to just good times.

The graduate employment boom is losing steam

Graduates can still find employer programs straight out of university, but it’s becoming tougher as the employment market retreats from boom time to just good times.

Matt Comyn announces CBA results.

Why Comyn is cautious celebrating CBA’s bumper profit

Chief executive Matt Comyn has plenty to celebrate in the bank’s results. Unlike politicians, he prefers to avoid claiming much credit for that.

Australia Post will extend its banking services.

Banks strike Australia Post deal to bolster rural branches

Lenders will extend moratoriums on country branch closures and have agreed to lift funding for over-the-counter services provided at post offices.

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CBA is cracking down on working coming in, then heading home to work.

CBA cracks down on ‘coffee badging’, Woolies joins WFH push

The big four bank tells staff they have to spend at least four hours in the office to count for a day’s work, while Woolies joins the back-to-the-office push.

Westpac’s Anthony Miller and Nell Hutton, CBA’s Andrew Hinchliff and ANZ’s Clare Morgan all have Goldman Sachs on their CVs.

Goldman Sachs alumni are taking over banking

From Westpac’s Anthony Miller to Commonwealth Bank’s Andrew Hinchliff, the Wall Street giant is well represented on Australian bank executives’ CVs.

A new front has opened up in the battle for mortgages: investors.

There’s a new mortgage war brewing

Competition is creeping up again in the mortgage market. But there’s a new battleground opening up as one bank puts the pedal to the metal.

Monroe Capital will expand its platform from Chicago to Sydney.

US private debt house Monroe Capital to open Australia office

Monroe Capital will open a Sydney office and has tapped former Hines Investment Management’s capital markets director Galen Fu to develop its local business.

January

Chook.

10 CEOs under the pump in 2025

Overextended stockmarket valuations equal heightened investor expectations. The market has these 10 chief executives in its sights. 

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