All posts tagged "Westpac"
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488Australia & NZASIC Review Finds Widespread Mis-selling of Consumer Credit Insurance
ASIC plans to take "significant enforcement action" against 11 lenders that inappropriately sold consumer credit insurance, and force remediation of over A$100m.
July 12, 2019 -
376Australia & NZ
ASIC Defends Responsible Lending Guidance
ASIC says the proposed responsible lending guidance is not about increasing requirements; rather, it seeks to clarify and update guidance on existing requirements.
July 11, 2019 -
385Australia & NZAPRA Orders A$500m Capital Charge for ANZ, NAB, Westpac
The increase in capital requirements are to reflect weaknesses in operational risk management identified in the banks' self-assessments.
July 11, 2019 -
363Australia & NZAPRA Raises Capital Requirements for Big Banks
The big four banks will need to raise A$50bn to meet higher loss-absorbing capacity requirements by 2024, though the increase is less than was proposed last November.
July 10, 2019 -
2.0KAustralia & NZ“Most Banks” Support RBNZ Bank Capital Proposal
The submissions from the RBNZ consultation on raising bank capital requirements show the proposals have broad public support, including from "most banks".
July 3, 2019 -
477Australia & NZASIC Imposes Lifetime Ban on Former Westpac Adviser
The former adviser is said to have prioritised his own interests over those of his clients by providing inappropriate advice that maximised fees and commissions.
June 27, 2019 -
956Australia & NZ
Culture is Being Approached from the ‘Wrong Angle’
The risk culture expert ASIC engaged to observe bank boardrooms says the approach of judging culture moralistically needs to shift to a more proactive approach that assesses risk.
June 21, 2019 -
834Australia & NZ
APRA Warns of Capital Charges for FIs with Poor Culture
APRA says it may apply additional capital requirements to regulated institutions with material weaknesses in their governance and management of non-financial risks.
May 24, 2019 -
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Westpacs Provision Extra A$510mn for Customer Remediation
Misconduct linked to the issues identified by the royal commission could cost Australia’s four largest banks up to A$10bn.
May 2, 2019 -
1.1KAustralia & NZ
Australian Financial Sector Teams Up on Climate Initiative – Report
Overseen by APRA, a group of industry players – including the big four banks – are looking to reshape the financial system to ensure readiness for climate risks.
March 30, 2019
