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Big banks and also Macquarie Bank will have to deal with higher risk weights on home loans in the future, assuming the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority throws it support behind a key recomme.. read more

The final Murray report may set up two new wrangles on tired old debates in the payment systems. read more

The final report of the Financial System Inquiry takes an idiosyncratic approach to considering the place of challenger businesses - on the one hand revving up the potential for crowd funding and on t.. read more

Key payments costs are stuck at 2007 levels, though the advent of contactless payments is helping to pull down costs, a study by the Reserve Bank of Australia shows. read more

The short-term outlook for Australia's economy "is dominated by its transition from resources investment-led growth and risks associated with continued weakness in the global economy and the potential.. read more

UK-based peer-to-peer business lending platform ThinCats made its Australian debut yesterday. read more

Membership of the Finance Sector Union fell 1619, or four per cent, to 35,882 over the year to June 2014. Membership is down 10,568 over six years. read more

The alleged involvement of Westpac's St George division in a so far little scrutinised "unregistered managed investment scheme" has been ventilated in a case heard by the Supreme Court of New South Wa.. read more

Adam Bennett will be the new group executive, business and private banking at Commonwealth Bank, replacing Grahame Peterson who retires early next year. read more

The stellar growth in the home loan book of Macquarie Bank is a highlight, once more, of APRA's monthly data set on banks' portfolios. read more