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Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battelino suggests a low-growth future is the most likely outcome for Australian banks over the next decade. read more

Reserve Bank of Australia  deputy governor Ric Battelino has attacked claims that Australian banks' offshore borrowing is creating a serious economic vulnerability. read more

Queensland and Western Australian problem loans have driven national loan arrears to new highs. But, the Reserve Bank says, the overall arrears level is still "relatively low" and household borrower.. read more

Since trading closed on the last day of April, Westpac shares have lost 12.6 per cent of their value, ANZ shares have lost 10.4 per cent, and CBA shares 6.9 per cent. read more

Support appears to be growing for a proposal to levy extra capital charges on the world's largest banks in a way that could yet impose higher capital requirements on Australia's Big Four banks. read more

The reality of the 2011 lending business is hitting home, if the rather gloomy tone of the latest profit round is any guide. read more

The most important outcome of the Senate banking competition report is its inability to find measures to make Australian banking substantially more competitive than it is already. read more

The Senate banking competition report says that "no single recommendation will transform the banking sector into a paragon of competition". Instead, it makes a long list of recommendations for smal.. read more

Barbara, the ANZ's bank manager from hell, is off the air. The bank confirmed this week that after the March sacking of her creators, ad agency M&C Saatchi Melbourne, the red-headed terror was "on.. read more

Australia's banks must make a much larger financial contribution to their own stability, according to University of NSW finance law expert Professor Ross Buckley. read more