Comment: Brokers brace for mortgage fees resolution 29 August 2016 4:34PM Home loan broker commissions may survive an ASIC review, to the annoyance of banks. read more
'Different funding costs' work against CBA 29 August 2016 4:31PM "The Japanese, Chinese, Korean banks - they're being paid to lend," says Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, head of institutional banking at Commonwealth Bank, in The Australian. read more
ANZ sets scene in capital market 29 August 2016 4:28PM A negative outlook on Australian bank ratings made a mark on an ANZ $1.3 billion hybrid capital bookbuild on Friday. read more
Shorter branch hours settle Latvian and Dnister credit union merger 29 August 2016 4:25PM Two credit unions serving immigrant communities with roots in Soviet states bring a long discussed amalgamation to fruition. In-branch services will be cut at once. read more
Ex Moody's chief takes place at Australian Press Council 29 August 2016 4:24PM Banking know-how gets a promotion at the Australian Press Council as Jennifer Elliott, former Australian head of Moody's, steps up a notch as an adjudicator. read more
Australian banks ex-Asia 26 August 2016 4:16PM Australian names are not common in Asian loan rankings as arrangers, with ANZ now in retreat and Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and Westpac all lacking any regional capital markets story t.. read more
US dashes to close EMV vulnerability 24 August 2016 4:31PM The languid pace of the penetration of the US magnetic card user base by EMV cards is highlighted in a new Nilson Report study, and the slow pace of uptake to date may be why Apple Pay has missed its.. read more
AFMA centre of secretive mechanics for the 'rate fix' conspiracy 24 August 2016 4:28PM The explicit use, or misuse, of the Australian Financial Markets Association is a crucial part of the class action being run in the US by Sonterra Capital, Frontpoint Financial and Richard Dennis agai.. read more
PPI inflation strikes at lower band 24 August 2016 4:23PM A lower domestic interest rate structure for longer is in the offing if the latest, very low, measure of the Producer Price Index is a pointer to price stability. read more
Asset quality lead indicators worse, but 'modest' and 'positive': DB 23 August 2016 4:25PM Deteriorating trends in asset quality reported by Australia's Big Four banks in the June 2016 quarter were flagged by Deutsche Bank sell side analysts last week, with two of the majors, in particular,.. read more