ANZ's RBS portfolio severely stressed 11 June 2010 5:03PM It's taken a long, long time for ANZ to disclose anything halfway meaningful on the Royal Bank of Scotland businesses the bank has bought (or is still buying, in one case) in six Asian markets. But.. read more
ATM use drops and so does fee income 11 June 2010 5:01PM Owners of automatic teller machines are reaping $120 million less, in aggregate, in annual fee revenue from customers from the use of ATMs, an analysis by the payments system department of the Reser.. read more
Borrowing restraint suits Stevens 10 June 2010 4:41PM The household debt burden at present may be manageable, but the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia hopes that it does not climb much beyond its present level. read more
Stress tests still benign 10 June 2010 4:40PM Banks in Australia would continue to meet minimum capital ratios in the face of a severe economic downturn, modelling by APRA and banks has found. read more
ANZ in a hurry 10 June 2010 4:39PM ANZ spelled out a few more targets for its Asian businesses in investor presentations yesterday, on the second day of a tour of north-east Asia. The overarching aspiration is for ANZ to be "a top th.. read more
Institutional lending driving Asian growth for ANZ 09 June 2010 4:53PM ANZ has set itself a goal of becoming "a four institutional bank in Asia", bank management disclosed in an investor presentation yesterday. read more
No benefit from RBS in 2010 09 June 2010 4:52PM The six regional banking businesses ANZ bought from Royal Bank of Scotland in Asia, and settled over the course of late last year and early this year, will make no impact on profit in 2010, ANZ disc.. read more
East coast rollout resumes for BankWest 09 June 2010 4:51PM They may be large, orange and seemingly always empty, but there is enough foot traffic, and sales, into the garish Bank of Western Australia branches to justify a revival of the branch rollout that.. read more
NAB's options narrow in Britain 07 June 2010 4:55PM National Australia Bank on Friday dropped out, or got kicked out, of the bidding for the 318 branches of Royal Bank of Scotland that are on the market. Reuters reported NAB's exit from the bidding o.. read more
NAB rescues TierOne depositors 07 June 2010 4:54PM National Australia Bank rescued the customers of a US banking tiddler at the end of last week. Through Great Western Bank, NAB took control of TierOne Bank, which trades in the US states of Nebraska.. read more