Friday 19 June 2020
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The University of Sydney Business School
Bachelor of Commerce student Ricky Rangra has been selected as a 2020 Banking and Finance Oath Young Ambassador, with a mission to build integrity in the financial services industry.
Wednesday 10 June 2020
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Chanticleer, Australian Financial Review
National Australia Bank's decision to put all of its bankers through training courses could be the beginning of an industry-wide standard that lifts professionalism and ethical standards.
Wednesday 10 June 2020
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James Frost, Australian Financial Review
NAB chief executive Ross McEwan is sending the bank's entire workforce of around 34,000 employees in Australia and New Zealand back to school to sit a "Banking 101" course at a cost of around $50 million over three years.
Tuesday 19 May 2020
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Adviser Voice
The Banking and Finance Oath (The BFO) is proud to introduce the 2020 cohort of Young Ambassadors – a Program encouraging and supporting students, graduates and young people to contribute to a strong ethical foundation as they begin their careers in the banking and finance industry.
Friday 29 May 2020
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ANZ Bluenotes
Banks and financial institutions are playing a critical role in stabilising Australia's economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are providing financial resilience and a reassuring sense of stability at a time of great uncertainty.
Thursday 21 May 2020
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AB+F
The Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has announced details of this year’s young ambassadors program, which includes seven young leaders in the area of ethics.
The Banking and Finance Oath (The BFO) is proud to introduce the 2020 cohort of Young Ambassadors – a Program encouraging and supporting students, graduates and young people to adopt a strong ethical foundation as they begin their careers in the banking and finance industry.
Monday 18 May 2020
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FinTech Magazine
Judo Bank, an Australian fintech, has become a unicorn after raising $148mn in fresh equity at a post-money valuation of $1bn The raise, the result of ...
The ethics centre's Fiona Smith has pubilshed an article challenging the audience to think about the ethics of practices even if they aren't illegal.
We would recommend all the BFO signatories read this article.
In Parliament on Friday 15 November 2019, Chair of the Standing Committee on Economics, Tim Wilson MP raised the topic of The Banking and Finance Oath.
The Banking and Finance Oath (The BFO) has announced applications are now open for its Young Ambassador Program. The Program encourages and supports students and graduates to adopt a strong ethical foundation as they begin their careers in the banking and finance industry.
MetLife Australia have worked with the The Banking and Finance Oath to encourage other financial services organisations to back lifting ethical standards across the industry, by supporting their employees to take the Oath. MetLife is the first insurer to support The BFO at an organisational level, by encouraging its own staff to take the Oath, as a step towards rebuilding the reputation of the industry.
Monday 7 October 2019
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Alan Kohler, The Australian
In this article, The Australian's Alan Kohler questions why in a financial services industry of 400,000 people, less than one percent have taken the Oath, presenting a great case for why there really is no excuse for not supporting this important ethics initiative. John Laker (pictured) is Banking and Finance Oath chairman. Photo: Adam Yip
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By Tas Bindi, The Adviser
The head of the Australian Banking Association has called for “tolerance of failure”, “flexibility” in regulatory lending guidance, and a “careful” approach to drafting the best interests duty for brokers to ensure meaningful and sustainable changes are made in the industry post-royal commission.
By Clancy Yeates, SMH Business Reporter
The banking regulator has launched a defence of self-regulation in finance, saying such a system is essential but the industry must lift its game and do "the right thing" by customers, even if it means missing out on business.
Friday 9 August 2019
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By James Eyers, Senior Reporter, AFR
The chairman of the competition regulator, Rod Sims, wants the government to create a new law against "unfair trading practices", which would not only allow him to tackle the technology platforms but lift standards in the banking sector.
By Alex Sampson, Banking Daily
Australian banks and their bosses are capable of change. That will be the message at the Banking and Finance Oath conference next month.
For the very first time, The Banking and Finance Oath (The BFO) is undertaking an advertising campaign using the Australian Financial Review (AFR) as its media channel of choice to target professionals working in the banking and finance industry.
At the AFR Summit this week on a panel looking at 'The challenge of re-establishing trust' with Colin Neave AM, ANZ, Deen Sanders OAM, Deloitte, and Mike Baird, NAB, Cris Parker brought the employees of a post-Hayne era sharply in to focus, encouraging organisations not to lose sight of their most important asset.
By Jodi O'Callaghan, Executive Officer, The BFO: 'Trust is the foundation of my profession'. These are the powerful opening words of The Banking and Finance Oath (The BFO) and for finance professionals, they're words you want to be able to say with pride. But how do those words translate when trust is top of mind for customers, given some of the abhorrent cases being revealed in the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.
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