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Car loans in demand
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09 May 2013 6:58amConsumer credit demand may be picking up, according to data compiled by consumer credit bureau Veda.
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Equity Trustees may still be in the hunt for The Trust Company
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09 May 2013 6:53amPerpetual's acquisition of The Trust Company may not proceed as smoothly as hoped. Spurned suitor Equity Trustees has issued a statement saying it is assessing Perpetual's proposal and will respond shortly. » read more »
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Briefs: ASX bond trading launch date announced, Credit Suisse chases Aussie ultra wealthy, Sainsbury buys out Lloyds
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09 May 2013 6:53amASX announces bond trading launch date, Credit Suisse private bank is targeting Australian with A$50 million or more to invest; and the UK retailer Sainsbury will go it alone in the banking market
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Appointments: New NAB company secretary
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09 May 2013 6:33am
- Lenders back in synch
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08 May 2013 6:46amLenders were back in synch with the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday. Following the RBA's decision to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points, all banks announcing reductions in their standard variable mortgage rates cut them by 25 basis points. » read more »
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Re-classification hits Macquarie's lending and deposit numbers
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08 May 2013 6:46amMacquarie Bank appears to have suffered huge outflows from its mortgage and household deposit books, based on figures published by APRA last week. » read more »
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Diners Club on the wane
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08 May 2013 6:45amDemand for the charge card services of Citibank's Diners Club subsidiary declined in 2012. » read more »
- Large earn-out for Pure Commerce vendors
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08 May 2013 6:44amThe vendors of niche payments processor Pure Commerce can expect to almost double the price paid under an earn-out agreement that was disclosed in the latest quarterly report for the buyer, US payments firm Euronet. » read more »
- Just too easy to get it wrong online
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08 May 2013 6:44amThe surveillance of comparison websites in the financial services sphere by the corporate regulator is bearing fruit, with ASIC forcing changes on the insurance comparison website of JustEzi. » read more »
- Briefs: FlexiGroup raises A$45m, iCash board under threat
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08 May 2013 6:43amFlexiGroup raises A$45 million needed to acquire Once Credit; iCash board directors come under threat as the Sherman Group makes changes.
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Little leeway on liquidity reforms
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07 May 2013 7:03amThe bank regulator will make few changes to its earlier draft prudential rules for managing liquidity risk, with the industry being required to adopt the new liquidity coverage ratio from January 2015, and the net stable funding ratio from January 2018. » read more »
