October 2024
Crisafulli presses Albanese on funding share, Olympics
Incoming Queensland premier David Crisafulli will be officially sworn in on Monday, triggering a shift in policies and a new wave of cabinet ministers.
- James Hall
- Exclusive
- Queensland votes
Opera, banking and life on the farm: Meet Qld’s would-be treasurer
In his only in-depth interview of the election campaign, the shadow treasurer opens up on his greatest lessons from banking and his plan to drive down debt.
- James Hall
October 2023
‘Mortgage wars’ set to heat up again, Heritage says
The nation’s largest customer-owned bank predicted a fresh round of competition would be extremely challenging for lenders.
- Lucas Baird
June 2023
Ex-Suncorp CEO Michael Cameron now ‘uncomfortable’ about corporates
If one is planning to go wobbly on corporate capitalism, it pays to do it at the end of one’s career.
- Myriam Robin
February 2023
APRA cites more rate rises for reluctance to change lending rules
The banking regulator said it would hold the serviceability buffer banks use to assess new borrowers at 3pc despite a push for review from some in the market.
- Updated
- James Eyers and Ayesha de Kretser
Why this bank is taking a chance on a struggling AFL football club
Heritage Bank has paid up to win the naming rights of AFL expansion club Gold Coast Suns’ home stadium, which a sports rights expert has described as a coup.
- Gus McCubbing
January 2023
- Opinion
- Competition
Why bankers and lawyers will be watching Chalmers’ ANZ-Suncorp call
One of the big decisions Treasurer Jim Chalmers faces is ANZ’s proposed $4.9 billion takeover of Suncorp’s banking arm as it seeks to expand in Queensland.
- John Kehoe
May 2022
We’re not past it, say the long-serving directors criticised by APRA
Some board members for customer-owned institutions have been there for four decades or more. Here’s where they say regulatory criticisms about tenure are wrong.
- Liam Walsh
November 2021
Rebrand as ‘bank’ or lose Millennials, says Great Southern
It was a case of change or lose a key future customer market, chairman tells members.
- Liam Walsh
September 2021
Banks leaving was the best thing that happened to Nanango
The closure of bank branches can appear to be a death sentence for regional communities. This town was reborn instead.
- James Frost
August 2021
Two more mutual banks preparing to merge
Heritage Bank and People’s Choice are exploring a “merger of equals” to create scale, which will be put to a member vote in early 2022.
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- James Eyers
February 2021
CUA dumps 75-year credit union branding for ‘bank’
Not everyone was grasping quickly what a credit union did, even for Australia’s biggest credit union.
- Liam Walsh
September 2020
Queensland border closures make competing in NSW tough: Heritage CEO
Peter Lock wants to grow the Toowoomba-based Heritage Bank into western Sydney but says Queensland's 'detrimental' border closure is preventing this.
- James Eyers
July 2020
The company banning Zoom meetings
Heritage Bank is slashing the number of online meetings between staff who are working from home because they were becoming 'slaves' to their computers.
- Liam Walsh