BIS wants more disclosure 10 July 2013 4:38PM Banks may have to disclose more portfolio data and in a more consistent fashion if options mooted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision are adopted. read more
Tougher leverage ratios for US banks 10 July 2013 4:16PM US banks will have to meet more stringent leverage ratios than international peers. read more
BOQ gets rating option 09 July 2013 4:48PM Bank of Queensland may have to husband its capital if it is to achieve a lift in its credit rating. read more
Gateway fees fall foul of tenancy law 09 July 2013 4:41PM Operators of payments gateways, including banks, may have to re-negotiate terms with many real estate agencies following a ruling of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. read more
Lloyds may have Capital Finance on the block 08 July 2013 4:32PM Lloyds Banking Group has put its subsidiary Capital Finance Australia up for sale, according to reports by Bloomberg and the Financial Times. read more
Technocash on the market 08 July 2013 4:31PM Technocash has put its funds' transfer business up for sale just weeks after the banks choked off its operations and forced it to close. read more
Book review: Insider's view of Swan's handing of the GFC 05 July 2013 4:18PM The need for the Australian banking guarantee had its origins in a series of bleak high-finance meetings held in Washington in the October of 2008. So says Jim Chalmers, then chief of staff to former.. read more
CBA withholds consent to Motor Finance Wizard 04 July 2013 5:08PM Commonwealth Bank has withheld its consent for the proposed sale of PR Finance Group to Keybridge Capital, a deal needed to avoid a default on the part of the consumer financier. read more
Macroprudential policy interests APRA 04 July 2013 5:01PM APRA is alive to the use of macroprudential policy tools, its general manager, David Lewis, says. He told a Canadian banking conference that APRA had a preference for "risk-based supervision" and al.. read more
Bank of Sydney copes with deposit outflow 03 July 2013 4:40PM Bank of Sydney says it had "anticipated" the outflow of deposits experienced in recent months. read more