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It was hard not to notice a shift in tone in the confirmation by ANZ yesterday that David Gonski will re-join the bank's board in February next year, and then succeed John Morschel as chair in May. read more

Banks may be seeing the first signs that they can expect to earn a return on their belated investment in credit card fraud deterrence. read more

Andrew Geczy, the newish divisional head of ANZ's International and Institutional Banking division is tinkering with its management. read more

Wesfarmers has cashed in its major investment in financial services, which is in insurance, but has opted to retain its premium funding business. read more

Mortgage manager FirstMac is treading water in the home loan market, with originations "unchanged" in the year to June 2013, and "broadly equivalent to the level of discharges", according to its 201.. read more

Improved levels of confidence are yet to translate into an increased demand for credit, Lindsay Maxsted, Westpac's chair of the board, told the bank's annual meeting on Friday. read more

ANZ will have more latitude to adjust interest rates charged to business borrowers. The bank says it will no longer include business loans in its monthly interest rate review. read more

National Australia Bank offered the Finance Sector Union an increased pay rise for its members last week. However, the union has derided the offer. read more

The Finance Sector Union provided an antidote to the common bank management meme of improving staff engagement with a caustic overview of prominent workplace issues detailed in its annual report. read more

Liberty Financial was one of the fastest growing lenders in Australia over the 2013 financial year. read more