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One banking mystery has been cleared up by yesterday's data dump by the Australian Taxation Office. read more

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

The Australian banking industry is seeding a future credit boom with an openness to latitude in lending standards. read more

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

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

Net interest income for banks - the number one driver of industry profits - is deep into a period of unusual vigour. read more

Low interest rates are entrenched in Australian commerce, with borrowers and lenders alike facing a unique rates mix. read more

Delinquencies and defaults for Australian prime residential mortgage-backed securities "will increase slightly from their current low levels, owing to below-trend economic growth," Moody's Invest.. read more

Members of Country First Credit Union this week voted in favour of the amalgamation of the Griffith-based mutual with Beyond Bank Australia. The merger is due to take effect on April 1. read more

The senior executives of Pepper Investment Management, a boutique credit investor, finalised a management buyout of Pepper Group's controlling 75 per cent stake. read more