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St George and Westpac lag in home loan market
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01 April 2005 12:00amSt George Bank conceded more market share in the home loan market in Australia during February than the publicly worried Westpac, with other major banks, and non-bank lenders, all increasing their market share if the monthly banking statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the credit aggregates from the Reserve Bank of Australia are to be believed. » read more »
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Big banks finds flaws in RBNZ's outsourcing policy
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01 April 2005 12:00amThe Australian Bankers Association yesterday published recent submissions to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand that spell out in more detail the opposition of Australian banks to the more restrictive policies on outsourcing announced last year by the RBNZ, and which go on to make the case all over again for the effective unification of banking supervision across the two economies. » read more »
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NAB takes aim at syndication market
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01 April 2005 12:00amThe number of staff facing the axe at National Australia Bank in Australia is a variable estimate. The Finance Sector Union's quoted by AAP yesterday a saying it will be limited to 600, but there are estimates of job losses locally of 1,800, 2,000 and 3,000 in a variety of media reports today. The bank said on Wednesday that it would axe 1,700 jojbs in Britain over the next year or so. » read more »
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Restructuring decisions deferred at National
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31 March 2005 12:00amNational Australia Bank will defer decisions on planned restructuring charges relevant to its Australian, New Zealand and institutional banking business until the second half of the bank's financial year. The bank had previously foreshadowed that it would book restructuring charges in the first half, which ends today. » read more »
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NAB axes 10 per cent of British workforce
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31 March 2005 12:00amNational Australia Bank's management in Britain is taking faster decisions than their counterparts in Australia on the extent and cost of the restructuring required to reposition the bank. » read more »
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ANZ primary creditor of insolvent TEAC
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31 March 2005 12:00amANZ Bank is the primary secured creditor of TEAC Australia, the latest business to call in administrators in what's turned into a busy quarter for insolvency specialists. » read more »
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BHP leaves banks in the dark over WMC financing
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29 March 2005 12:00amIn a reminder of the exceptionally strong negotiating position of the most profitable companies, and the clamour by banks for business and assets, BHP Billiton doesn't appear to have negotiated the bank debt that it will require to pay for the $9.2 billion takeover bid for WMC Resources » read more »
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Mortgage minnow dictates interest rates to GE Capital
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29 March 2005 12:00amGE Capital and its new subsidiary Wizard Home Loans have decided to meet the competition such as it is posed by mortgage manager Resi Mortgage Corp, and reversed the decision to increase the interest rate on its "rate breaker" home loan product, a basic and low cost home loan. » read more »
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GE's growth lags in the consumer finance market
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29 March 2005 12:00amThomas Gentile, president and chief executive of GE Consumer Finance in Australia and New Zealand yesterday said that GE was re-examining its approach to investment in Australia, with the group taking a wider look at the market. » read more »
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CPS credit unions team up
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29 March 2005 12:00amThe boards of Adelaide-based CPS Credit Union Canberra-based Community CPS have agreed to merge, bringing together the two remaining credit unions with origins among Commonwealth public servants. Both now operate under an open bond. » read more »
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Customers certain of ATM prospects
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29 March 2005 12:00amCustomers Limited, the mining investor turned e-commerce play turned automatic teller machine deployer, advised investors in a briefing lodged with the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday that it expected to record annualised revenues of $25 million in the June 2004 half year; annualised EBITDA in the range of $7.5 million to $8.5 million, and "a sound net profit after tax." » read more »
