Ideabank broached by CBA 15 November 2011 5:14PM Commonwealth Bank applied for a trademark on the term "Ideabank" late last month, a step that one bank researcher links to plans for a crowdsourcing social media initiative by the bank. read more
ING RMBS pricing shows funding costs on the rise 14 November 2011 5:59PM The cost of wholesale funding in one sector of the domestic debt market is rising steadily, a trend emphasised by the price attained by ING Bank (Australia) on its second sale of residential mortgage-.. read more
Analysis: Cost of funds headaches worsen for banks 14 November 2011 5:53PM Widening spreads on RMBS appear to have nothing to do with the quality of the underlying credit pools. Rather, they're an Australian result of the European crisis. read more
Bonuses curbed at Westpac and ANZ 14 November 2011 5:45PM ANZ CEO Mike Smith and some other ANZ executives saw their pay drop slightly in 2011, while Westpac's precise pay changes remain opaque. read more
Cadence and WAM blocked RHG bid 14 November 2011 5:39PM Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 read more
Victorian Teachers take mutual banking option 14 November 2011 5:37PM Victorian Teachers Credit Union will adopt the term mutual bank, and drop the term credit union - the fifth institution to do so. read more
Armaguard chases ATM cash 11 November 2011 5:27PM Linfox Armaguard is the company in talks to launch a takeover bid for Customers Limited, the largest operator of automatic teller machines in Australia. read more
NAB loses Coles ATM contract 11 November 2011 5:26PM Customers Limited will install at least 400 ATMs in Coles Express outlets by mid-2012, the firm announced yesterday. read more
Month wait for S&P bank ratings review 11 November 2011 5:22PM Standard & Poor's will begin to release its updated credit ratings for banks from late November, following publication yesterday of its revised criteria for rating banks. read more
MUFJ seals purchase of RBS advisory arm 11 November 2011 5:20PM Mitsubishi UFJ confirmed yesterday that it had reached terms to buy Royal Bank of Scotland's infrastructure advisory business in Australia. read more