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Members of the Maleny Credit Union will vote on the mutual's future on 25 June, after the board of directors sets a date for the contested merger with Brisbane-based Credit Union Australia. read more

With less than five months to run until the expiry of the present cap of A$1 million on the Australian government guarantee on bank deposits, financial regulators have finally published their views.. read more

The superannuation sector, and employers who make super payments, may have until 2015 to adjust to the processing and administration reforms of these payments proposed by the Cooper Review. read more

MasterCard, First Data and Citibank are the leviathans of the banking world that will make the much-anticipated Google Wallet work as a payments product. Google introduced the mobile payment technol.. read more

Pepper Homeloans has emerged as the buyer of the A$5.1 billion residual home loan book of GE Capital, which the vendor said it sold at "only a very small discount" to book value. read more

A feature of the Pepper Homeloans purchase of GE Capital's back book is the identity of, and the number of, investors in the subordinated and equity tranches of the funding. read more

Lloyds Banking Group is progressing with the forced sale of 600 branches, selecting a chief executive, Peter Pester, for the business being sold. read more

One monitor of demand for finance among smaller businesses is showing a rise in demand, particularly among micro businesses. read more

National Australia Bank has clarified the revised pricing on the home loan product offered through its UBank brand. The variable rate is now 6.79 per cent. read more

Melbourne credit union mecu has continued to accumulate shares in MyState Limited and this week reached the five per cent mark, resulting in a disclosure by the buyer to the ASX. read more