Up and margin rebound for Bendigo 27 August 2024 7:21AM Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s Up brand has regained its mojo. read more
ANZ freak show continues 27 August 2024 7:18AM ANZ are in a stew of their own making and APRA has tolerated inaction by ANZ for years. Belatedly, APRA is cracking down. read more
Latitude sweats the stress in target market 27 August 2024 7:15AM “Considered pricing actions” over the last year have buttressed a turnaround in earnings at Latitude Financial Services, even if the statutory net profit for the half was minimal at $2 million. read more
Brokers add diversity to home loan market 27 August 2024 7:13AM Major bank dialled down their reliance on mortgage brokers for new business, at least last year, or all other lenders have become a lot more competitive recently, the latest quarterly survey of broke.. read more
BOQ pivots to business banking, dumps franchised branches 23 August 2024 12:41AM Bank of Queensland will take control of owner-manager branches and turn them into corporate branches. And then close many of them. read more
Commercial lending takes off for humm 21 August 2024 7:47PM Non-bank lender humm Group is producing a turnaround featuring rapid growth in receivables and the rollout of a co-funding model that may further propel its now dominant commercial finance business. read more
Mutual mergers will accelerate: S&P 21 August 2024 7:42PM “The magic number for Australian mutual lenders could be less than 10” S&P Global has projected in an analysis of the sector outlook yesterday. read more
Little to bother big NZ banks in competition report 21 August 2024 1:01AM The considered underinvestment by the four big banks in New Zealand in their core systems is one of the bedrocks of the oligopoly’s long-running dominance of the country’s banking sector, the New Zeal.. read more
Judo Bank accelerates as SME stress multiplies 21 August 2024 12:57AM Thinking as big as ever, Judo Bank is planning to grow faster than ever, even as segments of Judo’s loan book are flashing red hot. read more
MyState, Auswide do the decent thing in dire times 20 August 2024 6:23AM The union of MyState and Auswide is high conviction, high value and highly likely to work out for the best. read more