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The pain for the institutional banking business at Commonwealth Bank (and perhaps elsewhere) may be over. read more

More than half of Commonwealth Bank's crook loans in the construction and property sectors were originated by Bank of Western Australia, CBA's quarterly "pillar 3" disclosure document, also published.. read more

Commonwealth Bank will sell $700 million in hybrid securities, CBA said yesterday. The securities will be "non-innovative" and count as tier one capital. read more

Commonwealth Bank yesterday disclosed that it paid $71 million to buy a one-third stake in Aussie Home Loans late last year. read more

One curiosity yesterday was Commonwealth Bank's delayed publication of the "pillar 3" report on capital adequacy and risk disclosures. read more

Visa International has sorted out, to an extent, its long running legal wrangle with Commerce Commission in New Zealand over interchange fees. read more

Bank of New Zealand (and thus its owner, NAB) will finally take a provision in its accounts for a tax liability first incurred (but contested by the bank) more than four years ago. read more

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will look into the merit of shifting to the "advanced" version of working out risk-weighted assets and the required level of capital under APRA rules, the bank's chief financ.. read more

Nine months ago when financial markets were in the pits Bendigo and Adelaide Bank went looking for $75 million in capital that it planned to sell as converting preference shares. read more

One measure of the severity of the crash in commercial real estate in Australia and the consequences for the entire banking industry can be gleaned from the awful state of the lending book of Lloyds T.. read more