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Standard & Poor's said yesterday that it had revised its outlook on Wide Bay Australia to negative from stable. read more

The Australian Government is showing renewed interest in making use of "digital credentials issued by commercial providers such as financial institutions" to help improve the delivery of government.. read more

A plan for a populist lending mandate for the Reserve Bank of Australia is before the Parliament. It is proposed by Lower House MP Bob Katter. read more

Financial comparison website iSelect is angling to increase revenue from customer leads by a factor as high as 15, as it overhauls the business model of its subsidiary, InfoChoice. read more

Vendor financing appears to be a lucrative niche, with the effective interest rate charged by FlexiGroup rising when rates are otherwise on the wane. read more

ANZ and Macquarie Bank will have to hold extra reserves with the central bank of up to US$300 million (A$250 million) after an investigation by the Monetary Authority of Singapore found the two Aust.. read more

Banks have choked funds transfer business Technocash, which said on Friday that it was "closing its money moving business." read more

Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance achieved an underwriting profit of only A$3.3 million in the year to December 2012, data compiled by APRA shows. read more

The Korean ATM business NeoICP, which is the main operating asset of iCash Payments, is "currently failing", according to the directors of iCash. read more

A number of credit unions are pushing for permission to waive a rule that at least a quarter of their members need to vote on any proposal to demutualise. read more