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Commonwealth Bank is targeting a mortgage book of $3 trillion. read more

THE ACCC HAS GRANTED authorisation to allow the Australian Banking Association, its member banks, Australia Post, retailers, supermarkets and other industry participants to collaborate so they can ens.. read more

S&P overestimates house prices by 22%. read more

C ommonwealth Bank will be the biggest loser when interchange is completely eliminated from the Australian payments system.   Good.  read more

Additional Tier 1 capital, once the hot new thing, is to be eliminated from the capital structure of banks in Australia. read more

There were 33,290 full-time equivalent employees on the Westpac payroll at the end of Brian Hartzer’s tenure as CEO of Westpac. And 35,350 FTEs now. read more

The monthly payments data from the RBA showed a very large drop in personal account numbers in July.  read more

Banks and non-banks know what they are doing most of the time when it comes to loosening the credit taps.   read more

Is there a more influential, powerful and as hard working a person as Matthew Comyn, managing director of Commonwealth Bank of Australia.   read more

For owner-occupiers with variable-rate loans, the Reserve Bank estimates that around 5 per cent “are in a particularly challenging situation.” read more