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Operators of payments gateways, including banks, may have to re-negotiate terms with many real estate agencies following a ruling of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. read more

Lloyds Banking Group has put its subsidiary Capital Finance Australia up for sale, according to reports by Bloomberg and the Financial Times. read more

Technocash has put its funds' transfer business up for sale just weeks after the banks choked off its operations and forced it to close. read more

The need for the Australian banking guarantee had its origins in a series of bleak high-finance meetings held in Washington in the October of 2008. So says Jim Chalmers, then chief of staff to former.. read more

Commonwealth Bank has withheld its consent for the proposed sale of PR Finance Group to Keybridge Capital, a deal needed to avoid a default on the part of the consumer financier. read more

APRA is alive to the use of macroprudential policy tools, its general manager, David Lewis, says. He told a Canadian banking conference that APRA had a preference for "risk-based supervision" and al.. read more

Bank of Sydney says it had "anticipated" the outflow of deposits experienced in recent months. read more

A further wave of job cuts may be on the way at National Australia Bank. The Finance Sector Union yesterday said NAB advised that "between now and September 30 there will be significant change." read more

Competition has worked well in the banking industry in Australia and it is a mistake to view the financial sector as "too big", says Rodney Maddock, adjunct professor in economics at Monash Universi.. read more

The number of borrowers in arrears on their home loans in some areas may not improve, leaving lenders facing losses, an analysis by Fitch Ratings of loan delinquencies suggests. read more