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The era of Aa and AA graded Australian bank credit ratings is almost over. The reporting schedule this week is ANZ, NAB, Macquarie and Westpac next Monday. A CBA update, who knows when.  read more

Endogenous shocks are the best. The bad debts charge across the banking industry will mount soon. read more

A curb on Commonwealth Bank's dividend payments looks a red hot risk as a panel of APRA scrutineers wrap up their examination of the bank. read more

Macquarie Bank will be a noteworthy no show on the New Payments Platform when the long awaited industry reform opens up to the public by the middle of this week. Tuesday is the day slated for the prin.. read more

About four in five bank accounts in Australia will be reachable under the new real time payments platform "within a few weeks after the launch", whenever that may be, NPP Australia said. Customers of.. read more

The selection of a conservative former justice of the High Court, Kenneth Hayne, as the sole commissioner of the planned royal commission into misconduct in financial services was announced on Friday,.. read more

A trio of offshore bankers are on the short list for the post of chief executive of Commonwealth Bank. One or two Australian finance executives also feature on a list believed to feature no more than.. read more

Liberty Financial has taken a "strategic stake" in insurance intermediary ALI Group. ALI has not been reliably profitable, though it has traded in the black in recent years. read more

Riding shotgun with big banks over interest-only lending has paid off for APRA. read more

Westpac was "always on both sides of the market", a senior rates trader has explained to a Melbourne court on Friday. read more