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Two northern NSW mutuals, Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast Credit Union, are in merger discussions, aiming to create a financial services player with assets of more than A$2 billion. read more

An offer by a consortium to acquire Property Exchange Australia (known as PEXA) has been accepted by shareholdings totalling more than 50 per cent of the company's issued capital. read more

CBA has launched a new series of subordinated, unsecured Basel III compliant hybrid securities that will qualify as Tier 1 capital, with a bookbuild set to start on 8 November. read more

Listed non-bank lender Wisr, has reported "continued strong loan growth and customer acquisition" in the first quarter of the 2019 financial year, but has yet to generate the scale needed to justify i.. read more

ASIC's annual report discloses the corporate regulator is facing an increasingly packed investigations and compliance agenda, while its own fees for services plan has not yet been approved. read more

Australian banks have now largely completed a decade long transition to stronger capital and liquidity positions, making them more resilient to adverse shocks than before the GFC, although a major cyb.. read more

Established financial services providers will need to move fast and build digital platforms or find niche products and services to sell on others' platforms - or face a growing risk of failure, warns.. read more

Australia's fifth largest retail bank, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, held its AGM yesterday in regional Victoria, announcing increased cash earnings and higher dividends. read more

The self-funded retirees who made up the bulk of the attendees at this year's Bendigo and Adelaide Bank annual general meeting were certainly determined to have their say, before filing out to their c.. read more

The next generation of challenger banks in Australia will be digital only, and by their own account want success on their own terms, not as partners of the larger established banks. All they need is A.. read more