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Banks have an improbable task - some would say an impossible task - as they march towards a strenuous liquidity coverage ratio from 2015, and its even more unlikely companion, a net stable funding r.. read more

National Australia Bank chief executive Cameron Clyne warned yesterday of "tight" access to wholesale markets. read more

Cabcharge chair Reg Kermode yesterday defended the merit of the fees and practices of the taxi payments' processor against renewed charges of "monopoly" behaviour levelled by Allan Fels, head of the.. read more

Commonwealth Bank will continue to aim for lending growth in line with system growth, a goal likely to reinforce the reversal in interest margins that was a feature of its trading update for the Sep.. read more

Goldfields Credit Union may proceed with a demutualisation, capital raising and ASX listing early next year, more than 12 months after first floating the plan. read more

A couple of the most senior executives at National Australia Bank have earned a rap on the knuckles in the form of lower short-term bonuses for the bank's most recent financial year. Most of the man.. read more

Measures of demand for business finance and for revolving consumer credit show both remaining lacklustre, with commercial lending falling in September. read more

Commonwealth Bank applied for a trademark on the term "Ideabank" late last month, a step that one bank researcher links to plans for a crowdsourcing social media initiative by the bank. read more

The cost of wholesale funding in one sector of the domestic debt market is rising steadily, a trend emphasised by the price attained by ING Bank (Australia) on its second sale of residential mortgage-.. read more

Widening spreads on RMBS appear to have nothing to do with the quality of the underlying credit pools. Rather, they're an Australian result of the European crisis. read more