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The foreign exchange market may be less of a leviathan than sometimes imagined. "For the first time in 15 years, FX trading volumes contracted between two consecutive Triennial Surveys," the Bank for.. read more

ANZ and Bendigo have announced increases to variable rates, bringing the number of lenders making similar moves over the past week to six. read more

Any plan for the resurrection of the Bank of New South Wales was conspicuously absent from Brian Hartzer's address to Westpac's 199th annual meeting. But it is part of the trust gap Hartzer says Westp.. read more

Around 18 per cent of retail banking customers in Australia use a mobile wallet linked their account. read more

In a consultation paper issued yesterday, the Payments System Board of the Reserve Bank has aired concerns over competition issues in the mobile payments market. read more

The Cairns-based credit union ECU is to merge with Queensland Country Credit union, following a member vote on Friday. read more

Last year's slump in venture capital investment in the fintech sector accelerated through 2016. read more

Suncorp, CommInsure, Coles are all stragglers on Roy Morgan's latest household insurance satisfaction survey, with South Australia's RAA the general insurance front-runner. read more

Investment property loans are the best performed, with the lowest arrears, making them a tempting growth segment. read more

A new public sector financial intermediary may get the green light in 2017. It would be an aggregator for social housing finance but not a "bank". 20-years or longer bonds considered. read more