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Bank of Communications this week succeeded in obtaining registration as a foreign bank branch in Australia. read more

Suncorp is sticking to its aspiration, outlined two months ago, to return capital to shareholders and make use of surplus franking credit. read more

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group appears in final talks to buy the infrastructure advisory business of Royal Bank of Scotland in Australia. read more

PSIS, the largest credit union in New Zealand, yesterday succeeded in obtaining registration as a bank. read more

Offshore debt issuance by Australian banks is a rare event at present, and ANZ is one bank managing to sell the odd bond in public markets. read more

APRA chairman John Laker has used the annual convention of mutual credit unions and building societies to warn against reduced lending standards and frequent lending policy exceptions. read more

Returns to investors in banks will fall as banks increase their capital ratios, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's chair, Robert Johanson, told the annual meeting yesterday. read more

The Reserve Bank of Australia undertakes mystery shopping at banks; reverse engineers loan calculators at bank websites, to check for changes in lending standards; collects data on mortgage possessi.. read more

Controversies over bank profits are never far away in Australia, and the profit reporting season for banks that kicks off this week, with National Australia Bank the first to report, will no doubt r.. read more

ASX Group may be made subject to expanded powers of regulatory intervention along the lines of the powers financial regulators in Australia have over banks. read more