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The credit quality story may not be straightforward in Australian banking, if markers of stress in Westpac's banking book are anything to go by. read more

Weekly pay packets are bounding along in the finance and insurance sector, with a rate of growth over the last year more than three times and a half times the average rise for the wider workforce. read more

Industry Super Australia stirred the pot yesterday with a cheeky poll finding trashing banks. read more

Commonwealth Bank's institutional banking division produced an uninspiring result over its 2015 year, with cash net profit advancing only one per cent to A$1.3 billion. read more

Credit quality may be looking pretty crisp at Commonwealth Bank, if recent steps to produce higher quality new business echoes down the years. read more

A busy back office is no sure sign of success, if the latest profit for Heritage Bank is any guide. read more

Achieving asset growth in a manner consistent with its mantra of "growth at profitable prices" is proving a grind for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. read more

Maritime, Mining & Power Credit Union will suck up one more small-scale mutual in the energy sector, with the board of Shell Employees Credit Union supporting a merger of the two. read more

The Reserve Bank of Australia spelled out more of its thinking and analysis of offset account balances and their relevance to housing lending policy in its August 2015 Statement on Monetary Policy. read more

Laws governing payday lending will be subject to a periodic review, the assistant treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Friday. read more