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Lenders can expect a pick-up in business during the current quarter, if the latest figures from Equifax and the Australian Bureau of Statistics are any guide. read more

Teachers Mutual Bank - one of the larger mutuals, with A$6 billion in assets and almost 200,000 members - has locked away another stage of its five-year strategy to take on Australia's Big Four banks. read more

Westpac Institutional Bank chief executive Lyn Cobley has warned that the looming "transitioning economy" will be characterised by ever shorter cycles of change. read more

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft is "still really troubled" with continuing banking scandals on FX, bank bill rate manipulation, and insurance, he told the AFR Banking & Wealth Summit. read more

National Australia Bank is offering up to A$56 billion in potential loans to small to medium business with the introduction of what it calls an Enhanced Lending Application tool to "pre-assess" more t.. read more

Talk at the ABA's first Open Data Symposium centred on how the banking sector can work together on an acceptable and legal way to share customer data. read more

The lack of planning and clarity around the customer use case for an open data regime was the focus of discussion by the stakeholder panel at the Australian Bankers Association's Open Data Symposium. read more

Patrick Tuttle, co-chief executive of the diversified and acquisitive financial services player, Pepper Group, has left the company after 16 years. read more

There is more to the housing market in Australia than just Sydney and Melbourne, and action in regional markets will keep today's figures in shape for 2017 - expect more regulation, says a new Deloitt.. read more

The number of delinquent housing loans underlying Australian prime residential mortgage-backed securities increased in January, in line with long-term trends across all markets. read more