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Business finance company CML Group has completed the acquisition rival lender Classic Funding Group. read more

Westpac reported a net profit of A$6.8 billion for the 12 months to September - 16 per cent down on the 2017/18 result. read more

Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has forecast that the bank will not return to system growth in the Australian mortgage market, where it lagged badly in 2018/19, until the second half of the curr.. read more

Falling interest rates did not do much to slow the inflow into Macquarie Group's deposit products during the September half. read more

Despite all the talk of a recovery in the housing market, the latest APRA mortgage lending data shows ANZ, NAB and Westpac all continue to experience reductions in the size of their mortgage books. read more

More than 40 per cent of complaints were about credit in a bumper first year of operation for AFCA. read more

ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott was unable to say when the bank's remediation program would come to an end, to the frustration of analysts who thought the bank had previously given assurances. read more

ANZ reported a net profit of A$5.9 billion for the 12 months to September - 7 per cent down on the 2017/18 results. On a cash basis, earnings rose 6 per cent to $6.2 billion. read more

For a bank going through a major simplification program that involves relying more on core business, a slump in consumer lending numbers is a disaster. read more

Suncorp chief executive Steve Johnston, who has been in the job since September, has started making changes in his executive ranks. The head of the banking and wealth division is leaving and the group.. read more