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Two technology services companies that count mutual ADIs as their principal clients are negotiating a merger. The pair are Sydney-based Transaction Solutions and Adelaide-based Data Action. read more

More capital to underscore the resilience of the banking system is "likely to be demanded by the market", while "there's generally not much doubt about which way the world is moving," Glenn Stevens, g.. read more

Germany's Deutsche Bank overnight outlined details of a shake up of its business that centres on its European roots. read more

Fitch Ratings downgraded Japan's credit rating by one notch late yesterday, a cut bound to bring the ratings of its banks under review. read more

Steps by banks and foreign exchange dealers to adapt to a new regime for the daily foreign exchange fix are "reasonable", RBA assistant governor Guy Debelle told an industry panel on Friday. read more

Commonwealth Bank failed to conduct a compensation program for financial planning clients in a manner consistent with its own plans, an ASIC report by KordaMentha Forensic has found.CBA's reputation.. read more

Ian Narev and his team at CBA have had no other real reputational headache to handle other than historic matters in planning.The methodical work needed to clean it up and respond appropriately seems t.. read more

It's common to brand Australian banks as "the world's most profitable". But are they? The most profitable bank in Australasia is actually in Papua New Guinea. read more

National Australia Bank yesterday foreshadowed plans to undertake "a potential public secondary offering" of its remaining shares in the bank's US subsidiary, Great Western. read more

There were plenty of grizzles but not much insight yesterday as a Senate committee laboured to produce a show intended to somehow bring bank chiefs to heel over malpractice in financial planning. read more