AFG brokers white label deal with Macquarie Bank 04 September 2015 4:14PM Mortgage broker AFG said it reached white label funding agreement with Macquarie Bank under which the former will originate loans for the latter. AFG already has one such funding agreement in place wi.. read more
Savings collapse as growth wilts in Australian banking 03 September 2015 4:03PM The household saving ratio fell once more in the June 2015 quarter, concurrent with some of the weakest quarterly figures on economic growth in years. read more
Comment: Deposit insurance remains unfunded 02 September 2015 3:52PM Banks in Australia have won a free kick from the Government, with plans for one form of a funded system of deposit insurance now abandoned. read more
Finance profits in the red 01 September 2015 3:51PM Profits are in decline across the financial services sector, while company profits are weak throughout the economy, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. read more
Staff targets softened at Westpac 31 August 2015 3:57PM Westpac has yielded on key controversies to reach a new enterprise agreement with staff in a deal the Finance Sector Union said "breaks the link between targets and annual salaries." read more
Slowdown retards Auswide profit 31 August 2015 3:55PM A special dividend from its captive mortgage insurance arm propped up the profit of Auswide Bank over the year to June 2015, a period in which economic stress in its core markets in North Queensland r.. read more
Consumer choices probed in Senate cards session 28 August 2015 4:31PM Interest margins on credit cards of greater than ten per cent fell under the spotlight at a Senate inquiry yesterday, with one regulator pushing for consumers to take more responsibility for shopping.. read more
Limp income growth a mortgage stressor 27 August 2015 3:43PM Tepid income growth and the inevitability of a return at some point to higher (and more typical) levels of interest rates are among the darker thoughts informing the more assertive actions on Australi.. read more
Investment lending still flourishing 26 August 2015 3:36PM Bigger banks are riding the recent wave of demand for housing credit. read more
Banks pay talks at pointy end 26 August 2015 3:34PM The corollary to a pay rise of four per cent for many staff at National Australia Bank should proceed following a staff vote. read more