Australia
Australia's lending incumbents face threat as challenger banks enter fray
                                                                                 
                    
                    Volt Bank has finally managed to nab a full banking license.
                
                                
            Australia's lending incumbents face threat as challenger banks enter fray
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            Volt Bank has finally managed to nab a full banking license.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    Australia's big banks profited $792m by subverting mortgage cap: regulator
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The banks were accused of accomodative pricing behaviour.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chart of the Week: Mortgage slowdown to hit Australian bank loans in 2019
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Housing loans constitute over 60% of their overall banking credit.
                    
                                        
                    
                Appian's low-code platform promise efficiency breakthroughs for APAC banks
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Fresh from its success in helping Australia-based Bendigo Bank transform into a more customer-focused operation, Appian is looking to bring its low-code platform to more banks in Asia Pacific who need to deliver enterprise applications in a quicker, more efficient manner.
                    
                                        
                    
                Australia mulls higher capital requirements in new blow to bank earnings
                                                                                                 
                        
                        NAB would need to increase its capital by $13.8b.
                    
                                        
                    
                Australian banks shed $13b in assets in downsizing spree
                                                                                                 
                        
                        CBA sold its asset management business for $2.9b.
                    
                                        
                    
                Sibos 2018: China and Australia put APAC on the map in global fintech league
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Three of the top five in KPMG's Fintech100 were nabbed by Chinese firms.
                    
                                        
                    
                Sibos 2018: APAC fuels global payments boom with $900b in 2017 revenue
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Strong balance growth in China is cementing the region's dominance.
                    
                                        
                    
                ANZ'S full year profit takes heavy hit amidst inquiry fallout
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The bank expects a $501m earnings blow.
                    
                                        
                    
                P2P lenders take advantage of Australia's weakened big banks
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Growing customer dissatisfaction could act as a springboard for their debut.
                    
                                        
                    
                ANZ positions for growth in Asia after massive downsizing
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It will now focus fully on institutional banking.
                    
                                        
                    
                Time to go back to basics for the Australian banking industry
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Stirring beneath the Banking Royal Commission and amplified by the recent interest rate hikes is a sense of agitation amongst the Australian public that things can be better when it comes to banking in Australia.
                    
                                        
                    
                Australia's NAB cuts executive salaries amidst probe
                                                                                                 
                        
                        Total rewards for chief executive were cut by 11%.
                    
                                        
                    
                Australia's big banks move to preserve profitability in mortgage rate hike
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It proves they remain able to retain pricing power despite intense scrutiny.
                    
                                        
                    
                Australia's Westpac fined $25m for flawed mortgage approval system
                                                                                                 
                        
                        There were miscalculations in the bank’s automated loan approval system.
                    
                                        
                    
                Australian challenger bank Tyro ties up with Alipay
                                                                                                 
                        
                        The move aims to tap into the Chinese visitor market.
                    
                                        
                    
                Westpac joins mortgage hike trend
                                                                                                 
                        
                        It has become the first big Australian lender to raise its rates.