Comment: Coles in banking dream land 01 August 2014 4:04PM We have been here before so many times. The Coles banking and financial services vision is a veteran of corporate strategy and business reporting - an idea with immense prospects. read more
Wikileaks disclosure right on target 31 July 2014 3:44PM A disclosure by Wikileaks yesterday shed more light on the progress of a controversial and continuing court case in Australia, one with a strong banking theme. read more
Banks 'match fund' fixed rate loans 31 July 2014 3:43PM "Do banks match fund fixed rate products to term?" one reader asked yesterday, querying one theme of our commentaries on fixed rates this week. For a response we asked Graham Hand, editor of Cuffelink.. read more
Credit bubble pressures AA- bank ratings in Australia: S&P 30 July 2014 3:43PM Strong property price growth over the past year or so "has been indicative of a resurfacing of risk within Australia's housing market," Standard & Poor's said in a commentary yesterday. read more
Three per cent buffer on Australian bank loan repayments: Moody's 30 July 2014 3:41PM Moody's Investors Service says existing Australian residential mortgage-backed securities are well placed to withstand a rise in interest rates by as much as three percentage points, because monthly p.. read more
Rate cutters aiming to push credit growth 29 July 2014 4:01PM Last week's co-ordinated cuts in five-year home loan pricing are a reminder of an industry searching for volume and cutting margins to attract it. read more
Room to move on rates 29 July 2014 4:01PM Rate cuts spread from fixed rate loans to variable rates yesterday. read more
Hollow logging at NAB 29 July 2014 4:00PM The defenestration of NAB is to be an internal affair, for now. read more
Profit goals in reach 29 July 2014 4:00PM If anything, banks have been slow to cut five-year rates, given margins have been moving their way since last year. read more
Medibank mutuality hard to rebut 29 July 2014 3:58PM All members and policyholders of Medibank own the equity in the health insurance company, its own accounts clearly declare. read more