'Designate Cabcharge' 31 March 2014 4:54PM Australia's 65,000 taxi drivers and their 372 million passengers would benefit dramatically from an end to Cabcharge's cosy monopoly in the Australian taxi market, with better services at lower costs,.. read more
Make payments system access harder - Visa 31 March 2014 4:53PM PayPal and other supposedly high-cost payment providers have "cost Australian merchants A$125 million in the 2013 financial year," Visa International said in its submission to the Financial System Inq.. read more
Households have built up a two-year mortgage buffer 27 March 2014 5:09PM Banks have mostly tempered their housing finance lending practices, as they surf a wave of rising demand for investment loans. read more
Bankwest scab festers 27 March 2014 5:08PM Supporters of Bankwest borrowers aggrieved by Commonwealth Bank's management of business loans of the bank continue to find a parliamentary voice. read more
FSI panellist 'bought knighthood' 26 March 2014 4:34PM Michael Hintze, a member of the international advisory panel for the Financial System Inquiry, looks an interesting choice. read more
Banks losing argument on FOFA 25 March 2014 5:17PM The banking industry - or the big banks at least - appear to be on the back foot on one of their strategic regulatory priorities with Australia's still new Coalition government. read more
ANZ to sell its holding in ANZ Royal 25 March 2014 5:17PM ANZ yesterday confirmed that it was looking to sell its majority holding of ANZ Royal in Cambodia and was still evaluating its options in Indonesia, where it has a minority stake in Panin. read more
Asia will be a banking colossus 25 March 2014 5:16PM Asia's banking sector will begin to rapidly dwarf the banking sectors of Europe and the US from 2020, and will be more than double their combined size by 2030, analysis by ANZ projects. read more
Aristocrats rule FSI panel 25 March 2014 5:15PM Four well-connected stalwarts of the global financial system will serve on the international advisory panel for the Financial System Inquiry. read more
Banks belatedly ride the mining wave 24 March 2014 4:33PM Australia's banks are stepping up their lending to the country's resources sector and have made their largest commitment yet. All four big banks are to be cornerstone lenders in a syndicate of 19 bank.. read more