Bankwest Ruddy all over

Valuations at Bankwest "were lax … and guarantees were signed before letters of offer," the Hayne royal commission has heard. read more

CBA 'pauses all new account openings'

Another super sales mix-up. ANZ and Commonwealth Bank are making a combined community benefit payment of A$3 million and both banks are stuck with another enforceable undertaking with ASIC. read more

Property trading problematic

The ratings downgrade of SAI Global  Holdings I (Australia) Pty Ltd by Standard & Poor's reflects wider issues with the banking and credit supply chain in Australia. read more

ASIC samples card fees

ASIC's "snapshot of the market" in a sector review of credit cards yesterday drew on data from 12 institutions, including mutuals Bank Australia and BankFirst. read more

Basic overdrafts face black-ban

A convenience afforded any member of the legal and banking fraternities may be denied the underclass, if royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne follows up an idea raised yesterday. read more

More user-pays in banking

Where funds are appropriated by Government to ASIC, they will now, for the first time, be recovered from the relevant industry sub-sector, ministers said yesterday. read more