NAB and ANZ stride ahead in home loans

National Australia Bank continues to grow at above market share in the home loan market, reporting a rise of one per cent over the month of June and an increase in its book of 9.1 per cent over a ye.. read more

NAB lives with offshoring and regulation

Australia no longer has enough skilled staff to operate ageing technology infrastructure, Cameron Clyne, chief executive of National Australia Bank, told an industry lunch yesterday. read more

ATM cash-cow misfires

Automatic teller machine operator GRG International sold A$2.4 million worth of ATMs over the June 2012 quarter, but failed to generate any operating cash flows from a fast-growing base of installed.. read more

Hurdles lowered for Clearnet

Any firm seeking to break into the business of clearing of securities and derivatives will more easily be able to seek an exchange settlement account with the RBA under new guidelines released yest.. read more

Banking exclusion zones well known

Research paid for, in part, by NAB and undertaken by the Centre for Social Impact provides a portrait of access or otherwise to banking services, so may provide some of the data the Minister for Fi.. read more

Macquarie maintains course

Macquarie Group's cost-cutting efforts are continuing to chip away at the financier's expense base and provide a prop to its otherwise lacklustre profits. read more

Importers receive more US loan aid

The Export-Import Bank of the United States continues to lift its level of direct lending to specialist US manufacturing concerns seeking access to low cost finance to support contracts to supply Au.. read more

Leasing scams earn their day in court

A number of finance companies and banks that provided questionable leases and loans for  technology equipment may find the courts willing to nullify contracts on the grounds of unconscionable c.. read more