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The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will lead a review into NZ banks' capital requirements, to be conducted over the coming year.  For the present, system capital ratios trail Australian benchmarks. read more

APRA has written to Australia's larger domestic and foreign bank branches outlining its concerns that underwriting standards for commercial property lending are "under competitive pressure". The main.. read more

Australia's contribution to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing - the Fintel Alliance - was given its official launch last Friday. Under its terms, Australia's financial intelli.. read more

Superannuation has joined interest only investor loans on the list of battleground issues between banks and small business, and between political parties. read more

ASIC has flagged Federal Court proceedings against Westpac, alleging the bank's automated loan approval system contravened the National Consumer Credit Protection Act's responsible lending provisions. read more

CBA has announced the terms of its next tranche of Tier 1 hybrid capital notes intended to raise A$750 million, which will be used to fund the CBA Group's business. read more

Shayne Elliott, ANZ's chief executive officer, has been executing a strategy to simplify the banking group's business over the past year or so. Now he has floated the concept that ANZ could become "a.. read more

Talk at yesterday's AltFi Australasia Summit veered from fintech topics when ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott commented that his "real strategy" was to simplify ANZ's business lines by selling off n.. read more

Reluctance by banks and government agencies to share data with alternative lenders is driving up the cost of borrowing in Australia, according to claims made at the AltFi Australasia conference. read more

Mortgage Choice chief executive officer John Flavell yesterday unveiled interim results for year to 31 December what he termed the "best ever" home loan settlement result. read more