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National Australia Bank will have the mechanisms in place to provide its merchant customers in Australia with same-day settlement some time during the next year. read more

The Export-Import Bank of the United States will provide a rare - and bumper - US$2.95 billion loan to support sales by US contractors to the Australia-Pacific LNG project on Curtis Island, near Gla.. read more

Macquarie Capital will join state governments and major banks as a shareholder in National E-Conveyancing Development Limited, the company seeking to drag Australia's system of property transfers in.. read more

Bank executives may have to restrain any commentary on price trends and opportunities, and their views of competitor conduct, with dedicated "price signalling" amendments to the Competition and Cons.. read more

Trends in bank funding costs received yet another review in the Reserve Bank of Australia's quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy on Friday, with the RBA's data providing implicit support for the i.. read more

Genworth will lift its premiums on lenders' mortgage insurance by seven per cent, its US management disclosed last night. read more

Asked by an analyst yesterday about capital requirements in banking, ANZ's CEO Mike Smith says: "Every time we seem to get to the place that we want to be our regulators say we require more capital." read more

Banks have more scope to repair their margins now the Reserve Bank of Australia has said it will cut the target for the cash rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 per cent. read more

Bendigo Bank is rationing access to its shared equity product, Homesafe, with only one third of the demand for this form of finance being fulfilled read more

Fitch Ratings has lifted the long-term credit rating of Suncorp Bank to A+ from A, reversing a downgrade made only 10 months ago. read more