Building society heritage a burden

Heritage Building Society will follow the fashion and adopt bank branding from late this year, assuming members of Australia's largest mutual deposit-taking entity agree. read more

NBNK and NAB take their time

The status of the talks between NBNK Investments and National Australia Bank over an assumed takeover bid by NBNK of the British banking assets of the latter are ambiguous this morning, although NBN.. read more

NAB secures UK exit via NBNK

Speculation resurfaced in the London media late yesterday of talks involving the merger of National Australia Bank's operations in the UK with those of one of the investment funds seeking to one or.. read more

Marathon BOQ trial booked for April

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has set aside 28 weeks, beginning in April 2012, for hearings in a complex civil case being brought by 10 aggrieved operators of failed branches of the Bank of Q.. read more

Three-month delay for PPSR

The date of the introduction of the new Personal Property Securities Register is to be pushed back to at least 30 January 2012 and probably to an even later date. The commencement date for the PPSR.. read more

Pay your way into Eftpos

The Payments System Board will informally review aspects of the regulation of the Eftpos scheme, the board announced in a media release on Friday. read more

Suncorp ATMs hold back GRG

ATM operator GRG International does not expect to pay half of the deferred instalment on its purchase of eFunds Pty Ltd because of the disappointing performance of a fleet of Suncorp-branded ATMs ow.. read more

Broking turnover rises for YBR

Yellow Brick Road is making modest progress in generating more revenue from mortgage broking and related financial services' business. read more

NAB strides along in mortgage market

National Australia Bank continues to grow at well above system in the home loan market. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data shows that NAB increased its home loan book by 0.8 per cent in.. read more