Why banking’s need for speed could also be its key risk

Why banking’s need for speed could also be its key risk

A big lesson from a turbulent month in global banking is that digital banking and social media have introduced new risks to the industry.

  • byClancy Yeates

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Buy now,pay later companies urged to do more for vulnerable customers

Buy now,pay later companies urged to do more for vulnerable customers

Buy now,pay later (BNPL) companies say they will consider improving access to hardship support schemes and be clearer about how they can assist vulnerable consumers.

  • byClancy Yeates
Out of the shadows:The $382b Chinese split that could heal old wounds

Out of the shadows:The $382b Chinese split that could heal old wounds

Jack Ma has resurfaced in China after several years out of the public view following a very public spat with Beijing. His return has coincided with the carving up of the company that made him one of the world’s richest people.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Afterpay’s owner Block says US bank bailout ‘critical’ as it plots Australia expansion

Afterpay’s owner Block says US bank bailout ‘critical’ as it plots Australia expansion

Fintechs may be falling out of fashion,but Afterpay’s owner says it has “unique” advantages when it comes to taking on banks.

  • byClancy Yeates
Banking giants CBA,ANZ on board for RBA’s digital currency pilots

Banking giants CBA,ANZ on board for RBA’s digital currency pilots

The RBA and commercial banks are testing how a new form of digital money could be used to solve real problems such as completing onerous GST paperwork.

  • byClancy Yeates
Digital mortgages have cut-price rates,but they don’t suit everyone
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Digital mortgages have cut-price rates,but they don’t suit everyone

Banks are pouring money into developing digital home loans. Are they good value for customers?

  • byClancy Yeates
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Why Westpac is targeting cafés,tradies and market stalls

Why Westpac is targeting cafés,tradies and market stalls

Westpac is preparing to steal a march on the small business-focussed NAB with new technology,as the battle between the big banks continues.

  • byClancy Yeates
Zip dumps overseas operations in bid to stem cash burn

Zip dumps overseas operations in bid to stem cash burn

Buy now,pay later operator Zip’s move to cut ties in a range of international markets is a stark reversal of its plans two years ago to become a global business.

  • byClancy Yeates
Afterpay flags potential credit checks as regulation looms

Afterpay flags potential credit checks as regulation looms

Afterpay has opened the door to conducting credit checks on some customers as it prepares for regulation of buy now pay later products.

  • byClancy Yeates
‘A whimper rather than a bang’:Why open banking has had a slow start

‘A whimper rather than a bang’:Why open banking has had a slow start

Fintechs say the take-up of a data regime called open banking has been underwhelming. But they maintain it can shake up the industry,eventually.

  • byClancy Yeates
Zip says it can weather US recession as it moves closer to profits

Zip says it can weather US recession as it moves closer to profits

Zip Co co-founder Peter Gray has talked up the fintech’s resilience,even as the market worries about how quickly the embattled fintech is burning through cash.

  • byClancy Yeates