AUSWIDE focuses on deposits and branding

Building the customer deposit base "and decreasing the bank's reliance on higher cost securitisation funding" are priorities for Auswide Bank after a robust December half year.The Bundaberg, Queenslan.. read more

Analysis: Relief cheats reform in Hayne finale

A bit of a fizzer or a manifesto for reform?Upending the business model of entities along the mortgage broking value chain is the most material recommendation from the royal commission.Giving industry.. read more

'Enough' with bank bothering

"The banking royal commission should have revealed the 'crime of the century'," veteran campaigner Denise Brailey demanded yesterday. But it's over. read more

Negative daze as Hayne reports

A minimal, even lame catalogue of proposed criminal charges against banks and bankers. That's the tip about the imminent final report of Kenneth Hayne's banking royal commission. If correct, it is pos.. read more

ANZ clarifies mortgage record

ANZ provides a rare glimpse of precise data on its mortgage volumes.It's clear the broker channel accounts for the most valuable mortgage business for ANZ. read more