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The Victorian Court of Appeal yesterday sentenced Peter Couper, the former chief financial officer of the parent company of Bill Express, to 22 months in jail (to be released after 60 days) and fine.. read more

Banks will have to make a more detailed disclosure each quarter, both regarding their capital adequacy and the make up of their capital, from the second half of this year. read more

Australian banks enjoy "a range of indirect government subsidies", according to an overview of the local industry prepared by the United States' embassy in Canberra in 2009. Wikileaks fostered acces.. read more

Malcolm Edey, an assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, provided US diplomats with insights into staff and board thinking on monetary policy one week ahead of a regular board meeting i.. read more

Five years of Federal Government financial assistance for small banks and non-bank lenders is drawing to a close. The Australian and the Financial Review today preview a speech by the Treasurer, Wayn.. read more

DirectCash says it has made cost savings on its Customers ATM business in Australia of C$4.6 million, or seven per cent of the cost base, since taking control in the middle of last year. read more

HBOS Australia and Bankwest incurred lending losses over the four years to 2011 equal to more than one fifth of their loans, a review by a UK parliamentary committee into HBOS, the bank's then owner.. read more

Gilles Planté and Steve Bellotti will take responsibility for ANZ's international and institutional banking business, following Alex Thursby's decision to leave the bank. read more

Wayne Byres is to head the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority from July 2014, replacing John Laker. read more

Kathryn Fagg, a former executive of ANZ, is to join the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia. read more