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Distrust in banking and finance is as ripe as ever, and even getting worse, a couple of fresh pieces of consumer research this week suggest. read more

Productivity might be getting a kick along around the finance sector, and it needs to, with the average income per employed person in finance soaring by 7.7 per cent over the 2017 financial year. read more

NAB is yet to lift its home loan lending rates - something that seems inevitable - but instead National Australia Bank CEO Andrew Thorburn is back on the public relations round. read more

Mortgage broking is a bit of a dud, from the point of view of the  living that artisans of this craft might earn. read more

A rush into lay-by lending in the US will test the margin of Afterpay Touch and define its global growth from here. read more

Obstruction is, or was, the Commonwealth Bank MO and Matt Comyn is somehow reshaping the joint. How soon will a successor to John Laker's APRA panel report on a job badly or sufficiently done by Comyn.. read more

Old habits are hard to kick in Australian banking, with KPIs at a number of big banks rebadged as "behaviours measures, focused on sales and revenue," the Finance Sector Union told the Royal Commis.. read more

Planning for emergency capital raisings - based in faith in the stock market - are becoming increasingly misplaced, at least as far as Australia's banking sector is concerned. read more

The board of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility will publish expected repayment rates, rate of return and length of investment to support investment decisions. read more

ATMs are looking disposable, most of at all at Hunter United Credit Union. read more