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Suncorp is maintaining a quick rate of growth in commercial and agribusiness lending, which, it says, is largely being funded by an increase in retail deposits. read more

ANZ may be considering an unsolicited offer for its information technology hub in Bangalore.The Hindu reported that Wipro Ltd is in talks to acquire ANZ Operations and Technology  and ANZ Support.. read more

Banks and bank investors are stuck with slow growth and with housing price growth that will be slower in future than in the previous 30 years, a senior Reserve Bank of Australia official says. read more

Research by the Centre for Social Impact found that three-quarters of users of StepUP loans "experienced a positive change in economic and social outcomes after receiving a loan through the not-for-pr.. read more

Little scrutinised deposit-taking entities, many of them run by Churches, will be subject to more restrictions - but no more scrutiny - under proposals released on Friday by the Australian Prudential.. read more

Close to one fifth of self-managed superannuation funds have borrowed to invest in real property, a study of the sector by ASIC suggests. read more

Debt comprises only 12 per cent of the funding for mining companies, with bank debt accounting for only one third of that amount, research by the Reserve Bank of Australia shows. read more

Fourteen countries have put the final Basel III-based capital regulations in place, a report released by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision yesterday shows. read more

Some of the tension between the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Treasurer over the ability of the RBA to pay dividends is aired in documents released by the RBA under the Freedom of Information l.. read more

Any mergers between Australia's major banks would not be prudent, the treasurer, Wayne Swan, told an industry conference yesterday. read more