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Westpac's annual general meeting, held in Perth, was a mixture of contrition on the part of CEO Brian Hartzer and chairman Lindsay Maxted and passive aggressive behaviour from many shareholders who vo.. read more

Appearing before a select committee yesterday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand executive team said the regulator was short 15 staff in its team that undertakes banking regulation. read more

Professor Genevieve Bell - a cultural anthropologist, technologist and futurist - joins the board of Commonwealth Bank of Australia from the beginning of January. read more

The RBA estimates 15 to 35 per cent of total outstanding banknotes are used for legitimate transactions; roughly half to three-quarters are hoarded as a store of wealth or for "other purposes". read more

Equifax was unprepared to handle an incident that compromised more than 148 million consumers' personal information. read more

A further conviction late last week wraps up the Reserve Bank "banknote bribery" affair. read more

In a bid to turn public opinion in the wake of the Hayne royal commission, the mortgage broking industry is planning a nationwide advertising blitz. read more

Banking Day access for next year (or even next week) is not assured. read more

US bank JP Morgan has owned up, via an "ice breaker" settlement in a class action before US courts, to being among banks that engaged in malpractice in rate setting in the bank bill swap market in Aus.. read more

An outfit called Helio Lending is planning to allow borrowers to use their spare cryptocurrency holdings as collateral for loans in actual hard currency. read more