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Asia was the centre of the action for cross-border lending during the December quarter, according to the latest Bank for International Settlements quarterly review. read more

Victoria's ineffective system of court fines and infringement penalties exacerbates financial hardship, according to a report by the Sentencing Advisory Council. read more

Credit application fraud is at its highest level since 2009, according to data drawn from Veda's fraud database. read more

SAI Global has been approached by a number of parties expressing interest in buying the group or its businesses and will, as a result, establish a formal process to review its options. read more

Australian business managers, including those in large financial institutions, need to improve their IT security awareness and skills, according to the latest CERT Australia cyber crime survey. read more

Some time this week the mortgage processing company FMS will discharge a mortgage on behalf of one of its clients, Suncorp. What will make this discharge different is that it will be completed electro.. read more

Westpac has shaved several basis points off the cost of its mortgage securitisation funding, with the pricing of its latest issue of residential mortgage-backed securities coming in below 80 bps. read more

The big banks are not the only issuers finding plenty of willing investors in the residential mortgage-backed securities market. On Friday, Resimac increased the size of its latest issue, Premier Seri.. read more

It's almost a year since Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly announced that the bank was making a "tilt to growth", with a return to system growth in the Australian mortgage market. read more

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has identified a number of shortcomings in disclosures about hybrid securities and their marketing. read more