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A European Union advisory panel has recommended banks separate their proprietary trading activities from their core business, a practice often described as ring-fencing. read more

Victorian Teachers, one of the new breed of mutual banks, has reported well above average growth in footings over the year to June 2012. read more

The average household that manages to save any of its income saves A$10,500 a year or $850 a month, research funded by ME Bank has found. read more

Commonwealth Bank has given up most of the market share gains achieved since its takeover of Bankwest at the height of the financial crisis, at the end of 2008. read more

Lenders will cease to have access to Australian dollars at the London interbank offered rate if regulatory proposals for Libor reform are adopted. read more

The Australian version of the Basel III rules on capital for banks is now final, with only a few minor changes being agreed by the banking regulator regarding prudential standards, which were releas.. read more

IMB says it has completed its first off-market share buyback of shares. read more

Demand for loans by business was at its highest in four years during the June 2012 quarter, the "flow of funds" data in the National Financial Accounts shows. read more

The Reserve Bank of Australia may replace the present series of polymer notes, which were introduced in the early 1990s. read more

ANZ will consolidate its overlapping branch networks in New Zealand over the next two years as the bank retires the National Bank brand it acquired in 2003 as part of the takeover of National Bank o.. read more