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The scale of the US Federal Reserve's lending during the global financial crisis was revealed on Wednesday in a massive release of data demanded by the US Congress. read more

Regulators have agreed on key details of the Basel III system of rules on capital and liquidity, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said yesterday after a meeting in Basel. read more

A debate is emerging over how easily Australians can and do switch banks, with two new submissions to the Senate's banking inquiry taking opposing views. read more

Among other submissions provided to the Senate banking competition inquiry yesterday were Bank of Queensland, Suncorp, Tyro Payments and the Urban Development Taskforce. read more

Banks may have a competition problem, but an examination of interest rate rises shows no obvious collusive pattern of "taking turns" by the big four banks. read more

Profits of the Big Four banks are in line with those of other major Australian companies, the Reserve Bank of Australia has told the Senate banking competition inquiry. read more

The two major groups representing medium-sized businesses in Australia have both thrown their support behind measures to support smaller lenders and new entrants in the banking industry. read more

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens' regular Parliamentary appearance on Friday confirmed he wants political players to worry less about high bank profits. read more

As the Greens attempt to legislate for restrictions on ATM fees, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens has signalled the RBA believes ATMs do not need major reform. read more

Tom Valentine, a professor at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, has warned against a range of regulatory interventions in a submission to the Senate Economics Committee banking competition.. read more