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Fourteen countries have put the final Basel III-based capital regulations in place, a report released by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision yesterday shows. read more

Some of the tension between the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Treasurer over the ability of the RBA to pay dividends is aired in documents released by the RBA under the Freedom of Information l.. read more

Any mergers between Australia's major banks would not be prudent, the treasurer, Wayne Swan, told an industry conference yesterday. read more

The Victorian Court of Appeal yesterday sentenced Peter Couper, the former chief financial officer of the parent company of Bill Express, to 22 months in jail (to be released after 60 days) and fine.. read more

Banks will have to make a more detailed disclosure each quarter, both regarding their capital adequacy and the make up of their capital, from the second half of this year. read more

Australian banks enjoy "a range of indirect government subsidies", according to an overview of the local industry prepared by the United States' embassy in Canberra in 2009. Wikileaks fostered acces.. read more

Malcolm Edey, an assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, provided US diplomats with insights into staff and board thinking on monetary policy one week ahead of a regular board meeting i.. read more

Five years of Federal Government financial assistance for small banks and non-bank lenders is drawing to a close. The Australian and the Financial Review today preview a speech by the Treasurer, Wayn.. read more

DirectCash says it has made cost savings on its Customers ATM business in Australia of C$4.6 million, or seven per cent of the cost base, since taking control in the middle of last year. read more

HBOS Australia and Bankwest incurred lending losses over the four years to 2011 equal to more than one fifth of their loans, a review by a UK parliamentary committee into HBOS, the bank's then owner.. read more