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Residential property investors and the lenders that support them "might be starting to get just a little over-excited", Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens suggested last night. read more

Smaller, retail-focused Australian financial institutions "cannot afford a long-term price war with the major banks while continuing to maintain their business franchises, financial viability, or curr.. read more

Wide Bay Australia "will convert to a bank this financial year," chief executive Martin Barrett told the ADI's annual meeting yesterday. read more

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has confirmed plans for an "alliance" under which four small credit unions will, in effect, become franchises of the bank. read more

The visit of China's president, and progress - not yet detailed - on a trade agreement, yesterday led to a flurry of announcements on banking related matters. read more

Most of the most senior staff of National Australia Bank had their short-term bonuses cut in 2014, an outcome foreshadowed by chief executive Andrew Thorburn at the annual results. read more

The suitability of banks' internal models for modelling capital requirements would remain a focus of  "a longer-term review of the structure of the regulatory capital framework," said Mark Carney, cha.. read more

The Financial Stability Board declared "the job of agreeing measures to fix the fault lines that caused the global financial crisis" was "now substantially complete" in an overview of reports prepared.. read more

If the Gail Kelly era has made much of an impact on Westpac since 2009, it may take until beyond her exit next year to reveal itself. read more

In plumping for Brian Hartzer, Westpac's board have picked as CEO one of the proven innovators in the local banking industry. read more