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Investment in, and takeovers of, niche financial services businesses looks like being a key theme for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank over the next year or two. read more

Business commentators on metropolitan newspapers take a pretty consistent view of the adjustments devised by National Australia Bank and Axa to shepherd the former's bid for the latter past the ACCC.. read more

Above system growth on the asset side of the balance sheet over the June quarter was one feature of the full year result that management of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank was keen to emphasise at yesterd.. read more

An increase in margins on home loans would suit Bendigo Bank quite well, with an additional 10 basis points sending $30 million a year straight to the bottom line. read more

While much of the recent talk on bank rules centres on Basel 3, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have pushed on with their effort to progress through the ranks set in place under Basel 2. read more

Heritage Building Society lifted its margins and its profit in the year to June 2010. The company released highlights of its full year financials in a media release yesterday. read more

One topic unlikely to receive an airing over the two remaining weeks of Australia's general election is the need to review the current $1 million threshold on the deposit insurance system rushed in.. read more

Delinquent commercial property loans continue to be a drag on the business of Lloyds Banking Group in Australia, though not quite as severely as in the recent past. read more

The effort by financial technology provider GBST to prove some competition in the business of providing calculators for bank and other websites that work out loan repayment terms or measure savings.. read more

Banks looking for opportunities to tinker with pricing and stretch margins might be frustrated at the consensus emerging over when the Reserve Bank of Australia will next lift the cash rate, which l.. read more