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ANZ would have been broadly happy yesterday with the media's reception for its rates-up, exit-fees-gone announcement. read more

ANZ yesterday turned the banking war from one of words into a war of actions. Emotionally, Australians now dislike the banks intensely, but banks can win with actions like those of ANZ, which recently.. read more

The battle between the Coalition and key banking figures has heated up in the past 48 hours, with both sides singling out individuals for criticism. read more

The G20 meeting starting today in Seoul will not sign off on the final Basel III regulatory regime, with a key clause affecting Australia still to be fixed. This concerns how planned liquidity ratio.. read more

The return on equity offered by Australia's Big Four banks is in line with the returns of Australia's major airlines, retailers and power providers, new figures suggest. read more

Two of Australia's leading competition experts yesterday warned that mooted laws to ban "price signalling" by banks will be unworkable. read more

Fixed-margin mortgages have got the backing of Kevin Davis, research director of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. The Australian Bankers Association is also considering a proposal to offer.. read more

A new Reserve Bank of Australia chart gives both banks and their critics new ammunition. The RBA chart shows that bank interest margins are far lower than their pre-2000 level, but also that they ar.. read more

Last Friday, Commonwealth Bank CEO Ralph Norris suggested proposed banking reforms were similar to "cargo-cult-type policies in places like Argentina". Based on this and other evidence, your bank C.. read more

Federal shadow treasurer Joe Hockey yesterday unveiled plans for a Opposition bill to let the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission act against so-called "price signalling". His plan adds to.. read more