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General Electric is considering spinning off its consumer finance business in an IPO, a decision that may have ramifications for its Australian offshoot. read more

The finance company behind sub-prime car lender Motor Finance Wizard remains in the red for the third year running, disclosure documents relating to the forced sale of the business show. read more

National Australia Bank is to relocate hundreds of support staff working alongside business bankers to seven sites in five mainland capital cities, but no job losses are planned. read more

New businesses operating in or on the fringes of financial services appear to have been more resilient than the average business during the era of the GFC. read more

Macquarie Group is to sell A$600 million in capital notes, the bank said yesterday. This is sufficient to retire the convertible preference shares that the new hybrids will replace. read more

Keybridge Capital, an activist debt investor is to press on with its bid to take control of sub-prime lender PR Finance Group. read more

Australia is one of the 15 "priority markets" for HSBC, says the UK-based banking group. read more

The Australian Office of Financial Management says it expects to issue around A$50 billion in treasury bonds during the 2014 financial year. read more

Improvement in mobile technology is the top investment priority for financial services organisations, research released by Telstra suggests. read more

Business conditions for US payment processor Wright Express are softening after a period of growth. CEO Mike Dubyak told an investor conference that the Australian market had been quite strong but w.. read more