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Comparison websites in the financial services sphere have attracted a fresh warning from the corporate regulator. read more

Investors in debentures of Provident Capital can expect a return of between 25 cents and 30 cents in the dollar, receivers PPB Advisory said yesterday. read more

ASIC has questioned the adequacy of the work of external auditors of banks, credit unions and insurers. read more

Westpac is marketing its first asset-backed bond in four years, with plans to refinance a pool of A$750 million in car loans that originated with its St George finance arm. read more

Almost one dollar in 10 of the reported cash profit of Big Four banks over the coming years will never become retained earnings, a new analysis by the equity research team at Citi concludes. read more

Banks will have to report more often on payment processing incidents, as the Reserve Bank of Australia escalates its engagement with the issue. read more

16 Romanian nationals have been arrested after a $30 million credit card scam. But the merchants who let their customers' data be disclosed may never pay a penalty. read more

The taxi payments processing industry could not survive if its surcharge or service fee was halved to five per cent from 10 per cent, says Reg Kermode, the chair and CEO of Cabcharge. read more

The Australian Bankers' Association needs to develop a voluntary code of conduct for small business lending, the Senate's economics committee proposes in its report on the "post-GFC banking sector". read more

Industry lobby the Abacus Group has released quarterly data that aims to extend the corresponding series from APRA to the small deposit-taking sector. read more