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bankmecu may be aiming to widen its target market with a name change. read more

Ruminating over the merits of narrow banking as a possible Australian policy option lacks appeal to some observers. read more

Consumer lender SocietyOne will restore margins for its investors, lifting its comparison rate for a personal loan to 11.05 per cent from 9.8 per cent. read more

A more assertive positioning of National Australia Bank's domestic business might be taking shape under new CEO Andrew Thorburn, if management changes unveiled on Friday are any guide. read more

We have been here before so many times. The Coles banking and financial services vision is a veteran of corporate strategy and business reporting - an idea with immense prospects. read more

A disclosure by Wikileaks yesterday shed more light on the progress of a controversial and continuing court case in Australia, one with a strong banking theme. read more

"Do banks match fund fixed rate products to term?" one reader asked yesterday, querying one theme of our commentaries on fixed rates this week. For a response we asked Graham Hand, editor of Cuffelink.. read more

Strong property price growth over the past year or so "has been indicative of a resurfacing of risk within Australia's housing market," Standard & Poor's said in a commentary yesterday. read more

Moody's Investors Service says existing Australian residential mortgage-backed securities are well placed to withstand a rise in interest rates by as much as three percentage points, because monthly p.. read more

Last week's co-ordinated cuts in five-year home loan pricing are a reminder of an industry searching for volume and cutting margins to attract it. read more