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Home loan calculator - rather than home loan - is the number one search term used for  retail banking, and central to the thinking behind a makeover of BankWest's website. read more

The strategy update for ANZ held on Friday didn't cover a lot of new ground about the bank's endeavours in international markets, nor did it divulge any data on an aspect of the business that remain.. read more

The beginnings of an improvement in credit quality across the banking sector is evident in the comprehensive data on impaired assets - compiled by APRA but published by the RBA - released yesterday. read more

The unit costs of running fleets of automatic teller machines receive an airing in the quarterly RBA Bulletin, courtesy of work commissioned by the payments regulator from consulting firm Edgar, Dun.. read more

Higher income and often older (in fact, quite old) households are responsible for much of the net increase in housing finance over the last five to 10 years, analysis by the Reserve Bank of Australi.. read more

A long-term, local staffer will run the British banking operations of National Australia Bank for the first time in the bank's quarter century of direct investment in the UK. read more

Commercial lending and personal lending all fell heavily in January, monthly data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. As with the decline in housing finance already reported, the floodin.. read more

An intensive program of new branch openings in Victoria is the key feature of Westpac's decision to revive the Bank of Melbourne brand from August this year. read more

The rationale for the switch to a new, but old, Bank of Melbourne brand in Victoria for Westpac is the view that a more parochial brand is needed to drive organic growth. read more

'Westpac resurrects the Bank of Melbourne brand in Victoria', The Australian reports. The bank will announce the decision - no doubt coinciding with an advertising push - today. read more