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Major banks accounted for almost all the increase in low deposit home loans over the last year, a sign of their willingness to stretch credit criteria to maintain volume growth. read more

Aggrieved business borrowers with National Australia Bank's UK subsidiary will be looking for a sympathetic hearing from the parliament's Treasury Select Committee on their long-standing complaints. read more

In a reminder of its activist work program, the Financial Stability Board has amplified its view of the priorities for the Brisbane Group of 20 summit of political leaders in November. read more

Subsidies to banks from the Australian government may exceed A$11 billion, analysis by John Watson of Margate Financial Research Solutions suggests. read more

Having thrown in £1.5 billion over five years to prop up its Clydesdale Bank operation in Britain, National Australia Bank looks like it will have to divert yet more capital to the UK. read more

The final communiqué from the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 in Sydney over the weekend suggests there will be no backsliding on the regulatory reform prio.. read more

A key supplier of banking technology to Australia's mutual financial institutions insists that its offering is "world leading" and by no means a legacy platform, as inferred in a recent Banking Day fe.. read more

John Laker, chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, has defended the more onerous regulation of banks since the GFC, insisting it was appropriate that they met minimum capital and liq.. read more

Wages growth in the finance and insurance sector is skipping along. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses increased by 3.1 per cent over the year to June.. read more

Wide Bay Australia is getting its profitability back in order, with a rise in net profit for the six months to December 2013 of A$7.2 million, up from $5.5 million for the previous corresponding perio.. read more