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The Reserve Bank of Australia will once more pay a dividend to the Australian government following two years of losses. read more

A halving of export volumes and, most likely, a deluge of legal costs pushed Note Printing Australia into the red in the year to June 2012. read more

Outages in banks' processing systems "are avoidable" and are the result of management weakness, APRA says in a newly published overview of industry risks. read more

The increase in the interest rate on any loan as a consequence of sturdier capital requirements for banks will be insignificant, an analysis published by APRA has found. read more

Banks may care to get a wriggle on and develop a more diverse funding profile ahead of the introduction of stiffer regulations on liquidity in 2015, says RBA governor Guy Debelle. read more

APRA will not have to produce documents sought by plaintiffs in a class action relating to the timing and adequacy of disclosure by National Australia Bank. read more

The receivers appointed by Bankwest to the developer of the bank's Raine Square headquarters in Perth were validly appointed, the Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled. read more

A syndicate of banks led by Westpac is making one more effort to cling on to their disputed position as secured creditors of Bell Resources. read more

Payments' switching technology firm Distra is being sold to ACI Worldwide for US$49 million. read more

The long-serving head of corporate affairs at HBOS in the UK before and during the failure of the bank in 2008 is to take up a similar role at Westpac. read more