Applying the GST to banking has much sounder economic underpinnings than the current levy, would have raised much more revenue, and would have applied to all banks rather than just the big banks.
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The blockchain has been successful when it comes to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but we haven’t yet figured out other uses.
Treasurer Scott Morrison said Australia’s banks have a return on equity about twice that of banks in other advanced economies. Is that right?
LIBOR continues to evoke irritation, frustration and fear – for traders, central bankers and the public.
A new report confirms how the rich become deluded about their talents, but also hints at a growing acknowledgement of inequality.
Laws cannot keep pace with technological advances – but that may not be a bad thing.
Already becoming a darling of Wall Street, blockchain technology’s biggest real benefits could come to the world’s poorest people. Here’s how.
The Chinese government is doing its best to stop China’s bad loan problem from blowing up.
Shadow banking provides investors with the means to isolate risks, transfer profits, avoid regulation and increase the range of money-like financial products available for investment.
Banking in a highly financialised society like Britain could be seen as akin to a fundamental human right.
Entities at the centre of the storm engulfing South Africa’s social grants distribution system have claimed to be champions of financial inclusion. The claim in itself is scandalous.
The demonetisation drive has made the banking sector healthier but failed to curb ‘black money’.
Financially illogical and fuelled by irrational dogma, the creation of a new tranche of private sector debt is a missed opportunity.
Bank customers usually stay with their bank despite scandals in the sector, however new tech that gives consumers more information might help them switch.
New research shows increasing female staff numbers is, on its own, unlikely to change the way risk is managed in banks.
Australia could follow the UK’s lead in fostering progress in the financial technology sector.
The system is rigged for a small minority to profit, but are we brave enough to deploy the solutions that would work?
Just before everyone sits down for their Christmas dinner ASIC has handed two of Australia’s big four banks a big present.
Scandals, elections, budgets, 2016 had it all. Here’s what made news in business and economics.
For a discipline that is supposedly rational, finance has had its fair share of irrational crazes. For example, the dotcom bubble and the collateralized debt obligation craze that led to the global financial…
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