Australia no leader on liquidity

It is a fallacy to portray the timetable for liquidity rules' reform for banks in Australia as being ahead of the world, John Laker, chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, argued a.. read more

Mt.Gox shy of Technocash

Sydney funds' transfer company Technocash has found one of its key counter-parties is wary of continued dealings it less than a week after US authorities listed some Technocash bank accounts in a li.. read more

Western banks' credit rationed

Foreign bank loans to Australia are holding steady at a time when lending to advanced economies is on the wane, data compiled by the Bank for International Settlements shows. read more

Dodgy home loan complaints aggregated

The Banking & Finance Consumers Support Association has published copies of loan applications and correspondence between banks and brokers relating to 250 loan applications that the association.. read more

NAB's UK subsidiary gets a bleak review

Standard & Poor's has placed the credit rating of National Australia Bank's British subsidiary, Clydesdale Bank, on review. S&P has also downgraded several British banks because of the poor.. read more

NAB builds, while Westpac slides

National Australia Bank and ANZ picked up market share in the home loan market over the three months to April 2013, with growth for each bank of 1.7 per cent. read more

Card surcharge surveillance planned

The Federal Government is stirring up banks and merchants over "concerns about credit card surcharges and non-transparent transaction fees", and has requested a study from CCAAC. read more