Regulator views on leverage ratios firming

With the Financial System Inquiry due to hand its final report to Treasurer Joe Hockey before the end of this month, the major banks seem to have resigned themselves to having to increase capital abov.. read more

Only seven banking job ads pass muster

For the last nine weeks, as an experiment, Banking Day has examined eFinancial Career's daily banking job ad flow featured daily in this newsletter. Rather than run a random sample at the end of each.. read more

Banks learn the length of their liquidity leash

Fourteen of Australia's largest banks have secured agreement from APRA to make use of the Committed Liquidity Facility from the Reserve Bank of Australia to meet a new Liquidity Coverage Ratio standar.. read more

China opens up card transactions

MasterCard and Visa will get a long-desired shot at China's domestic cards market, following an announcement by China's cabinet, the State Council, that it would allow foreign companies that meet its.. read more