Wide Bay in the doldrums 22 August 2012 4:55PM Wide Bay Australia is looking to lift the sales efforts of its branch network, as new levels of lending only kept pace with asset run-off over the last half. read more
Arrears heat up NSW and Queensland 22 August 2012 4:49PM The spread of problem residential borrowers is becoming more concentrated in Queensland and New South Wales, while the incidence of stressed borrowers in "hot spots" is getting a little worse. read more
Many bankers want to work in mining 22 August 2012 4:48PM Banks are cutting jobs with such gusto that a majority of their staff say they want to work elsewhere. Being pragmatists, they want to work for miners. read more
Bendigo shares the pain 21 August 2012 5:05PM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's full year profit presentation highlighted the choices open to smaller banks that lack the reach and price leadership of their larger competitors. The bank left its final.. read more
Hybrid queue lengthens 21 August 2012 5:04PM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will sell hybrid securities in the short term and might be in the market for ordinary shares if it can drum up further acquisition opportunities. read more
Margin lending still suits Bendigo 21 August 2012 5:02PM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has largely maintained its market share in the much diminished business of margin lending (or lending to fund investments in shares). read more
Goldfields in the money 21 August 2012 5:00PM Goldfields Money, the baby of the listed deposit-taking sector, reported asset growth of 11 per cent and deposit growth of 18 per cent in the year to June 2012, with the Kalgoorlie-based tiddler aim.. read more
CBA business heads earn bigger bonuses 21 August 2012 4:55PM Commonwealth Bank's chief financial officer, chief risk officer and Asian business head collected lower bonuses in the bank's 2012 financial year, while most of their management committee colleagues.. read more
Bell bill mounts 20 August 2012 5:17PM Banks may have to make yet more provisions for their 27-year-old - and more than 20-year impaired - loans to Bell Group. The company - which became an arm of Alan Bond's business empire - expired at.. read more
ANZ's Australian margins recover 20 August 2012 5:13PM ANZ says its margins recovered in Australia over the June 2012 quarter, while margins were stable at a group level over the quarter. read more