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Lenders should not expect lending to self-managed superannuation fund trustees to be any more than a niche market, but it is a sector that offers growth, says research company RFi. read more

Australians believe there is not enough competition in the banking market and that banks make excessive profits, and they want the government to hold an inquiry into the banking system. read more

ANZ has successfully defended a claim brought against it by a former employee who said it had breached its obligations under the Fair Work Act. But in the judgment handed down last week the bank was.. read more

Changes to fixed mortgage rates by a number of lenders over the past two weeks have been characterised as evidence of a new home loan war by several commentaries. read more

Commonwealth Bank made a net profit of A$3.66 billion for the six months to December 2012 - one per cent higher than earnings for the previous corresponding period. read more

By June this year Commonwealth Bank will have completed its six-year core banking modernisation program. By then commercial lending will have migrated to the new system and the big IT project will b.. read more

Over the past few years, Commonwealth Bank has established a very unusual pattern of dividend payments, with low pay-out ratios in the first half and high ratios in the second. Yesterday, the bank s.. read more

Lenders and credit representatives are being advised to pay close attention to new financial hardship provisions that take effect next month, as part of a number of changes to the National Consumer Cr.. read more

The structure of the mortgage insurance market would be improved if there was greater alignment between the interests of lenders and insurers, and also between lenders and borrowers, says a new inte.. read more

Last year was one to forget for credit and charge card issuers, with total spend on cards being A$260 billion, which was just 4.3 per cent higher than the total in 2011. read more