Wide Bay in the doldrums

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

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

Bendigo shares the pain

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

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

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

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

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

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