Business
Banking & finance
Consequence for legal brinkmanship: ASIC sounds warning to the banks
New enforcement chief at corporate cop says legal game playing will be punished in the post-royal commission world.
- by Sarah Danckert
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Hayne fallout
'We should be feared': Former bouncer turned corporate cop wants justice
Daniel Crennan looks menacing. Sitting his huge frame down for his first interview since becoming a deputy at the corporate cop, he is no mood for small talk.
- by Sarah Danckert
Opinion
Interest rates
Have you claimed your Kenneth Hayne mortgage discount yet?
More borrowers are using the spotlight of the royal commission to demand better deals from their lenders.
- by Jessica Irvine
Dividends
Suncorp pays special dividend from life sale
Suncorp shareholders will receive a special dividend of 8¢ a share as the banking and insurance firm starts handing over proceeds from its $725 million Australian life insurance sale.
- by Stuart Condie
Superannuation
A lot of bling: Industry shocked at $36 million bonus allegation
Industry super owned IFM Investors is facing harassment claims against a senior executive. Now the executive's alleged massive bonus has set tongues wagging.
- by Sarah Danckert and Latika Bourke
Life insurance
Tax deductible insurance advice 'unlikely to happen', executive says
An APRA executive said it would be "difficult to get treasury to be sympathetic towards issues like tax deductibility" for an industry that had caused heartache.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Banking royal commission
Digital wallets at 'tipping point', says ME Bank
With Commonwealth Bank in January starting to offer customers Apple Pay, ME Bank's Jamie McPhee says digital wallets have hit “critical mass”.
- by Clancy Yeates
Finance
Suncorp targets extra $3b in small biz loans
Suncorp has vowed to ramp up small business lending by $3 billion, buoyed by officials pushing back against a key recommendation of the Hayne royal commission.
- by Clancy Yeates
Opinion
Executive pay
Will AMP's scorched earth on bonuses be enough?
AMP chairman David Murray needs to skate a clean program to keep an angry shareholder community at bay.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Big four
Westpac steels itself for customer compensation challenge
Westpac's decision to get out of financial advice will cause it some short-term pain but it has a bigger challenge on its hands.
- by Stephen Miles
Big four
NAB commits to keep rural branches open to 2021
NAB's announcement comes after a sustained period of branch closures in rural Australia.
- by Anthony Colangelo