Archive for People & performance

  • CBA's Facebook face-off CBA’s Facebook face-off

    BY CHARIS PALMER A night out with new friends could become very expensive for Commonwealth Bank staff. A draconian new social media policy document – obtained by Business Spectator – suggests follow-up communication on Facebook could get you fired. It’s ironic – when CBA hired forme...

  • Another senior departure at UBank Another senior departure at UBank

    NAB direct banking arm UBank has shed another key staff member with the sudden departure of head of online Monty Hamilton. After 13 years with NAB, including 3 with UBank (since its inception under the Star Bank project), Hamilton will finish up on Friday. Hamilton’s departure comes on the back...

  • Transparency is the new black in banking

    Banks need to refocus on their essential social and economic functions if they are to rebuild trust in the eyes of the public, argued the head of the UK’s Financial Services Authority in September. Lord Turner also called for a return to basics, rather than “over-complex products of no real use ...