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The increase in the interest rate on any loan as a consequence of sturdier capital requirements for banks will be insignificant, an analysis published by APRA has found. read more

Banks may care to get a wriggle on and develop a more diverse funding profile ahead of the introduction of stiffer regulations on liquidity in 2015, says RBA governor Guy Debelle. read more

APRA will not have to produce documents sought by plaintiffs in a class action relating to the timing and adequacy of disclosure by National Australia Bank. read more

The receivers appointed by Bankwest to the developer of the bank's Raine Square headquarters in Perth were validly appointed, the Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled. read more

A syndicate of banks led by Westpac is making one more effort to cling on to their disputed position as secured creditors of Bell Resources. read more

Payments' switching technology firm Distra is being sold to ACI Worldwide for US$49 million. read more

The long-serving head of corporate affairs at HBOS in the UK before and during the failure of the bank in 2008 is to take up a similar role at Westpac. read more

Four smaller banks may not have to respond for some time to a mooted class action over the level of their penalty fees. read more

For the third or fourth time since the formation of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, in 1998, the government is having a shot at giving it the powers - mainly relating to crisis inter.. read more

The costs of regulatory reform affecting financial institutions following the crisis of the late 2000s will produced only a modest increase in bank lending rates in the United States, Europe and Jap.. read more