'Business lending - what's that?' asks Westpac 25 March 2016 6:39PM Westpac has had its fair share of chopping and changing on how to align or disassociate its consumer and business bank. read more
A one-off 'read more' edition of Banking Day today 24 March 2016 5:15PM Friend and long time reader. Something different today.A reset, in incremental steps, of Banking Day is an imperative for this home-based industry media enterprise. One of these steps we are testing o.. read more
NoQs no go for Melbourne banks 24 March 2016 5:09PM NAB Dash is a probable flop if a recent failure by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has any relevance.NoQ quick quiz - social media newbie or fast fading memory? read more
Reprised: Tax minimisers thrive in banking 24 March 2016 5:08PM Whoops. A look back at yesterday's lead 'All or nothing: Foreign banks divide over Australian tax planning'.Quite ok in a narrow context - but flawed with more back story considered.The first of two a.. read more
Foreign banks set to pay much more company tax in Australia 24 March 2016 5:07PM AFMA set the context to the flap over the absence of company tax payments by a sometimes iconic list of foreign banks running 'branches' in Australia, undeniably under the radar.Rob Colquhoun, directo.. read more
PayPal's Australian profits exposed 23 March 2016 5:06PM One banking mystery has been cleared up by yesterday's data dump by the Australian Taxation Office. read more
All or nothing: Foreign banks divide over Australian tax planning 23 March 2016 5:06PM A host of financial services companies have been exposed by the Australian Taxation Office as paying little or no company tax. The revelations are found in a new report on corporate tax "transparency".. read more
Comment: Australian banks set sail for lending growth 21 March 2016 5:15PM The Australian banking industry is seeding a future credit boom with an openness to latitude in lending standards. read more
Comment: APRA stretches memory on housing market downturn 21 March 2016 5:14PM APRA executive Heidi Richards floored readers of her speech for a Sydney forum on Friday, in which she asserted that "we have never had a real housing market downturn in this country, at least not sin.. read more
Government and regulators must do more to encourage cooperatives 21 March 2016 5:12PM A review of co-operatives, mutuals and member-owned organisations has called on the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to finalise discussions with the sector on capital raising issues. read more