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HP will tackle Australia's increasingly crowded market for the supply of switching services to banks, with plans to introduce the service next year. read more

Full financials for Caliburn Partnership, the corporate advisory firm recently sold to the US-listed Greenhill Inc, have emerged through filings this week by Greenhill with the Securities and Exchan.. read more

Commonwealth Bank is pressing on with plans to update its fleet of payment terminals to cater to contactless payments. read more

Centrepoint Alliance, a niche provider of insurance premium funding, will change its focus and make financial planning its primary business under plans announced on Friday to merge with Professional.. read more

GE Capital is generating more profit from a reduced asset base in Australia, and releasing plenty of cash for its owner, General Electric Company' as well. read more

Australian Finance Group received an external valuation on the firm late last year of $130 million, documents relating to the issue of bonus shares to select directors and filed with ASIC show. read more

One topic addressed in the Henry tax review, published yesterday, is the unsatisfactory, but pragmatic, arrangements for the treatment of financial services under the form of value added tax (or goo.. read more

The Henry review endorsed the argument of many foreign banks, and banking industry associations, that withholding tax on interest payments tended to distort capital flows. read more

Extension of the resource rent tax from offshore oil and gas to all land-based mining activities is the centrepiece of the tax policy measures announced yesterday by the Australian government. read more

The taxation of savings, and especially the taxation of bank interest, is one area canvassed by the Henry review where the government is suggesting it may take a closer look. read more