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Australia's largest mutual financial institutions, CUA, has reported a solid increase in earnings for the December half, on the back of strong lending growth. read more

The Australian Payments Clearing Association will introduce new digital cheque imaging technology in June, paving the way for the physical exchange of cheques to be replaced by electronic transmission.. read more

Indebtedness is only weakly correlated with financial stress, Reserve Bank researchers have found in the course of stress testing Australian households. read more

Payment card surcharges remain unpopular with consumers, with a new survey showing 93 per cent of people would like to see them removed. read more

GE Capital has signalled its intention to increase share in the local leveraged loan market, with a presentation at yesterday's AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum on its unitranche leveraged financ.. read more

Last month's interest rate cuts have had little impact on business plans to borrow. Among companies surveyed by Dun & Bradstreet last month about their outlook for the June quarter, only 19 per ce.. read more

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's new financial adviser register, which will be launched on March 31, will need to be reviewed to address a number of shortcomings, according to an.. read more

Commonwealth Bank's execution-only broking business, CommSec, suffered a further decline in its market share in the second half of 2014. read more

Store finance company FlexiGroup has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Telecom Rentals, an IT and telecommunications equipment leasing company, from Spark New Zealand. read more

Sydney's fintech hub should be up and running by May, following the appointment yesterday of DEXUS Property Group as the property partner and former AMP chief executive Craig Dunn as the body's chair. read more