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The RBNZ has left its bond buying programme unchanged at NZ $100 billion but signalled it would bring forward a programme of cheap lending for banks to before the end of 2020. read more

A former head of Westpac’s business and consumer banking division, Michael Hawker, is taking up a position on the bank’s board. read more

ANZ has announced a temporary waiver of its $7 international money transfer fee for online foreign currency payments made from Australia and New Zealand to ten Pacific countries. read more

MyLife MyFinance, the banking arm of industry super fund Catholic Super is reportedly on the market. read more

Moody's assigns first-time long-term and short-term issuer ratings of A3 and Prime-2 to Bank of China (Australia). read more

Jerome Upton has resigned from the board of Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia after serving eight years as a director. read more

Credit flows to households were surprisingly robust during the June quarter, APRA’s quarterly ADI property exposures statistics suggest. read more

Auswide Bank has completed a A$12 million tier 2 subordinated debt issue, paying 395 basis points over the bank bill swap rate. read more

Horizon Bank and Lysaght Credit Union have announced they plan to merge, creating a $540 million mutual bank. The Horizon Bank will be retained. read more

Commercial finance aggregator and lender Consolidated Operations Group has acquired an additional 19 per cent of Westlawn Finance Ltd, taking control. read more