ANZ's RBS portfolio severely stressed

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

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

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

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

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

No benefit from RBS in 2010

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

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

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

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