Canadians scheme Customers ATM takeover

The ATM fleet aggregated by Customers Limited over the last eleven years will change hands for a fourth time if an offer valued at A$173 million from Canadian firm DirectCash receives support from s.. read more

Basel III caravan rolls on

The banking regulator will introduce its version of the Basel III reforms from 2015 in the form outlined in its September draft last year. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority made next to.. read more

Bankruptcies mapped by postcode

Personal bankruptcies are most abundant in the outer suburbs of Sydney and Brisbane, and also in regional Queensland cities, a new ITSA report shows. read more

Prescriptive options on PSB agenda

The issues ahead of the Payments System Board were aired by Malcolm Edey, the assistant governor of the Reserve Bank, at the recent annual payments conference. read more

NAB thinks big in US Midwest

National Australia Bank is scouting for more banks to buy in the United States in order to improve the reach of Great Western Bank in select Midwest states. read more

Home loan repayments speed up

Households lifted their level of home loan repayments over the course of 2011, so that by the end of the year they were paying, in aggregate, twice as much back on their loans as required by the ter.. read more

A sticky story of impaired assets

The stickiness of the level of impaired assets at banks receives close attention in the half-yearly Financial Stability Review published by the Reserve Bank of Australia. read more