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Retailers finding their voice are among the new batch of submissions to the Financial System Inquiry. read more

Ralph McKay, an idiosyncratic but informed industry commentator from the 1980s, made a return appearance in second round submissions to The Financial System Inquiry. read more

Financial constraints imposed on many companies by the global financial crisis "have eased over time," Christopher Kent, an assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, said yesterday. read more

The average interest rate on housing loans has "fallen by around 15 basis points since the cash rate was reduced in August 2013," the Reserve Bank of Australia highlighted yesterday in the minutes of.. read more

A drive to renovate business processes and support management renewal is behind a fall in the profit for WA-based P&N Bank over the year to June 2014. read more

A bright election week in the South Pacific might stir up relaxation of extensive foreign exchange controls in Fiji, a niche market for Australian banks. read more

Mystery shopping by the Good Shepherd Microfinance charity found banks often referred poor customers to "predatory" lenders, Good Shepherd chief executive Adam Mooney told a media call in Melbourne ye.. read more

It will be next year before Good Shepherd Microfinance offers digital applications, trailing well behind the payday lenders it aims to replace. read more

A $2 billion concessional loan from the Australian government to the New South Wales government to fund the building of the WestConnex road project in Sydney will be paid back through increased tolls. read more

Speed is just one of five goals of a forthcoming US Federal Reserve Financial Services study into faster payments. read more