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Commonwealth Bank has avoided any conditions being imposed on its purchase of a controlling stake in Aussie Home Loans, with the ACCC giving the deal the green light yesterday. read more

Small business borrowers have borne yet more pain from banks' management of their margins over the last year, while big business and residential borrowers have benefited from price competition, a ne.. read more

GE Capital is to buy the invoice discounting business of insurer Allianz Australia. read more

Olympus Capital Asia has launched a structured lending business based in Singapore that will target mid-sized companies in Asia Pacific. read more

Pepper Australia is stepping up efforts to promote a specialised fund that has been established to invest in mortgage-backed securities, including those that help finance its own loans. read more

Receivables on the David Jones American Express co-brand may be on the disappointing side. The retailer says receivables were A$374 million at January 2013. read more

The world's largest and most active banks need €208.2 billion to meet minimum capital requirements, fresh estimates released by the Bank for International Settlements last night show. read more

Banks may be paying higher interest rates on relatively short-term deposits as a form of insurance against the prospect of a cut in their credit ratings were they to source more funding from wholesa.. read more

The clock may be ticking for National Australia Bank over an overdue write-down of goodwill on its wealth management arm, which comprises MLC and other smaller holdings. read more

Cuscal is to sell its superannuation payments processing business ClickSuper to its collaborator in the service, Payment Adviser. read more