NAB adjusts pay offer

National Australia Bank offered the Finance Sector Union an increased pay rise for its members last week. However, the union has derided the offer. read more

'Obscene' targets stress bank staff

The Finance Sector Union provided an antidote to the common bank management meme of improving staff engagement with a caustic overview of prominent workplace issues detailed in its annual report. read more

Liberty in clover

Liberty Financial was one of the fastest growing lenders in Australia over the 2013 financial year. read more

Sony Bank bails

The much-hyped entry into the Australian market of Sony Bank may not be happening. read more

QBE cleans up in LMI market

The 2013 financial year was one of contrasts for the leviathans of the lenders' mortgage insurance market in Australia. QBE Lenders' Mortgage Insurance recorded a hefty underwriting profit, but Genw.. read more

UBank and nabtrade excel in SMSF segment

In a measure of the significance of self-managed super funds as a target market for banks, National Australia Bank briefing documents show that 31 per cent of the turnover of its stock broking arm,.. read more

CEFC survives for now

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation will remain in business for a little longer, after the Senate voted down a bill to abolish the financier yesterday. read more

IP Payments makes acquiring plans

IP Payments hopes to acquire credit card payments as an extension of its payment processing solutions for merchants. APRA gave in-principle approval to IP Payments to become a specialist credit card.. read more

More backers for rural finance plan

A plan for a populist lending mandate for the Reserve Bank of Australia has won more backing in Parliament. Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Democratic Labor Party Senator John Madigan introduc.. read more