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The Greens' bank agenda is also - if there was ever much doubt - the agenda of all independents in the House of Representatives. read more

Securency, a problematic maker of substrate used in the production of plastic banknotes, and half-owned by the Reserve Bank of Australia, is up for sale. read more

Mutual banks are getting an unusual share of publicity, all of it free, from the recent shifts in the banking debate.Over recent days, Wayne Swan, Australia's Treasurer has become spokesperson-in-chie.. read more

Hana Financial Group may be about to beat ANZ to a controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank, and is close to agreeing to paying US$4.1 billion, from US private equity firm Lone Star. Local and inter.. read more

The inability of banks to turn housing finance into a genuine commodity product offered at a progressively lower cost is a key theme of a new analysis of the Australian banking industry by the Whitl.. read more

The re-entry of the Australian government into the supply of mortgage insurance to lenders is one policy option proposed by economist and financial intermediary Nick Gruen, in a paper for the Whitla.. read more

With appropriate props and a firm push towards more efficient industry practices the home loan funding mechanism of securitisation could re-establish a secure footing, Nick Gruen argues in his Whitl.. read more

Credit unions and building societies got a dose of national publicity yesterday, courtesy of Treasurer Wayne Swan, who told Nine Network's Today show that banks had "behaved badly" towards borrowers.. read more

Competition forces are evident on the deposit side of banks' balance sheets, providing "extraordinary" terms for some customers, Ric Battelino, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia,.. read more

Fees of $2.50, up from $2, are beginning to take hold in the automatic teller machine sector, with market leader Customers Limited at the forefront of rising prices. read more