ASIC samples card fees

ASIC's "snapshot of the market" in a sector review of credit cards yesterday drew on data from 12 institutions, including mutuals Bank Australia and BankFirst. read more

Basic overdrafts face black-ban

A convenience afforded any member of the legal and banking fraternities may be denied the underclass, if royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne follows up an idea raised yesterday. read more

More user-pays in banking

Where funds are appropriated by Government to ASIC, they will now, for the first time, be recovered from the relevant industry sub-sector, ministers said yesterday. read more

Pay cuts for CBA brass

Top management at Commonwealth Bank will cop pay cuts in the order of A$60 million, a sanction from the board as part of the bank's response to APRA's recent prudential review of the bank. read more