Skip to main content

News

Filter News

Filters
Clear all
Highlights
Weekly Update 20.05.22: lowest unemployment in 48 years
20 May 2022

“3.9 per cent is the lowest the unemployment rate has been in the monthly survey. The last time the unemployment rate was lower than this was in August 1974, when the survey was quarterly.”

Visit website
Banking in the news
Metricon in crisis talks
19 May 2022

“The CEO of the latest major Aussie construction firm on the brink of collapse died just days before the crisis talks.”

Visit website
Highlights
RBA: Monetary Policy Minutes for May 2022
17 May 2022

The Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 35 basis points.

Visit website
Banking in the news
Changes to follow the passing of the Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Amendment Bill 2022.
17 May 2022

“Interoperability will promote competition in the ELNO market, encouraging innovation and efficiency in land transactions and provide choice for consumers,”

Visit website
Banking in the news
UK Banks face scam reimbursement law
16 May 2022

Banks can be required by the regulator to reimburse victims of authorised push payment fraud.

Visit website
Banking in the news
RBA says real wages won’t increase until next year
9 May 2022

The Reserve Bank of Australia projects real wages will continue going backwards until December 2023.

Visit website
Highlights
Weekly Update: 06.05.22: cash rate target 0.35%
5 May 2022

“Headline inflation is now expected to peak at around 6 per cent in the second half of this year”

Visit website
Banking in the news
Transcript: RBA Cash Rate 0.35% Speech
3 May 2022

Today, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 35 basis points and to increase the rate paid on Exchange Settlement balances from 0 per cent to 25 basis points

Visit website
Highlights
Weekly Update 29.04.22
29 April 2022

ASIC released its quarterly update for 1 January to 31 March 2022.

Visit website
Banking in the news
RBA Minutes 5 April: cash rate target maintained
22 April 2022

The Board decided to maintain the cash rate target at 10 basis points and the interest rate on Exchange Settlement balances at zero per cent. 

Read more
Banking in the news
APRA: no new regulatory requirements for crypto
8 April 2022

APRA is drafting a letter to banks laying down its expectations around crypto assets but will not introduce any new regulatory requirements.

Visit website
Data
Telstra is now blocking scam sms’ at the network level
7 April 2022

Telstra is rolling out a brand-new SMS scam filter.

Visit website