James Eyers, Financial Review

James Eyers

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Australia

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Past articles by James:

EML shares plunge again on profit miss amid board shake-up

The fintech reshuffled its board after reporting a $130 million loss and big impairments as it continues to battle regulators in Europe. → Read More

CBA posts record half-year profit of $5.2b

The big four bank has expanded its net interest margin but also reported higher loan impairments amid inflationary pressures and rising interest rates. → Read More

NAB moves on phone scams as agency eyes SMS register

NAB has secured its phone numbers to make it harder for scammers to defraud customers by posing as a staff member. → Read More

Westpac backs UNSW project on AI ‘guardrails’ to widen deployment

The bank wants to deploy “unsupervised A” but needs to ensure models are trained to respond to moral judgments. → Read More

Economy resilient as cost pressures mount: CBA

CBA boss Matt Comyn said rising energy, wage costs and supply chains are top concerns for business to be discussed with Treasurer Jim Chalmers at a meeting of bank CEOs next week. → Read More

NAB boosts profit and dividend on home, business lending growth

National Australia Bank has delivered an 8.3 per cent lift in cash earnings to $7.1 billion on the back of stronger business lending and miniscule bad debts. → Read More

Peter King’s Westpac in multimillion-dollar NRL sponsorship deal

Sports sponsorship is risky business these days but Westpac boss Peter King welcomes the views of players. → Read More

RBA restores payment system after major outage

A major failure of RBA payments systems has frozen money transfers at major banks across the country. → Read More

Why Westpac’s board is obsessed with artificial intelligence

The ethical application of artificial intelligence is one of the key topics for Westpac’s board as the bank steps up its use of AI. → Read More

ANZ urged to push top 100 emitters harder on transition

Analysts have called on ANZ and other banks to be more explicit about how they judge customers’ net-zero plans. → Read More

This bank boss failed to make the Arsenal team. The rest is history

In 1978, at the age of 16, Joseph Healy tried out for the soccer team. He is now CEO of Judo Bank. → Read More

APRA wants banks to ‘urgently’ find better climate data

Chairman Wayne Byres said investors and regulators want more sophisticated climate risk disclosure by banks, forcing lenders to find accurate, quantitative measures relating to emissions. → Read More

PayPal resolute on innovating with crypto

PayPal’s crypto CTO Edwin Aoki says the payment giant is closely monitoring stablecoins and CBDCs. → Read More

Shopify takes on the banks with lending to online sellers

The Canadian e-commerce giant will join Square and PayPal in embedding lending services into its selling platform. → Read More

Judo Bank boss ‘paranoid’ about ‘unprecedented’ risks

Joseph Healy paints a bleak picture of rising risk for banks with ‘eye watering’ household debt. → Read More

Downgrades for banks as house prices fall, fixed-rate cliff approaches

Analysts say sentiment towards big lenders will remain weak despite record low unemployment, as a wave of fixed-rate refinancing approaches. → Read More

Bank tech workers seek 10pc-plus salary rises this year: recruiter

Recruiter Robert Walters says software developers, DevOps and user experience skills are in the most demand at banks. → Read More

CBA backs move to scrutinise Apple’s restrictions on bank apps

CBA wants Apple to be part of the ePayments Code, which is administered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to protect consumers. It also reckons that lessons of the media bargaining code should be applied by the new government to the payments sector, including ensuring fair dealings, creating a level playing field that evens out bargaining power, and checking that processes… → Read More

CBA boss says home lending competition has gone too far

The big four bank’s third quarter cash profit came in at $2.4 billion as it increased lending, but its margin contracted as it reduced pricing to keep up. → Read More

NAB says digital home loans will help win more share

NAB’s half-year result contrasted with ANZ’s the previous day on the key area of digital mortgages. → Read More