'Paltry' BBSW penalty for Westpac

Westpac will pay the maximum penalty - A$3 million - for its unconscionable conduct and breaches of its financial services licensee obligations for its trading in the bank bill swap market on five occ.. read more

A major shortfall in bank capital

Australia's biggest and most complex banks will have four years to conjure up the extra capital to meet a lofty minimum total capital ratio target of around 19 per cent. read more

Maximum angst over Westpac bills

Westpac will learn this afternoon the size of the penalty it will pay following an adverse judgment in May centred on unconscionable conduct in the bank bill market in recent years. read more

Frosty responses complicate Hayne review

The industry's steely profit maximisation ethic, a relentless focus on product sales and "complexity" on the part of both banks and regulators sums up responses from major stakeholders to the interim.. read more