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Samantha Martin-Williams has been appointed chair of NGM Group, the merged Newcastle Permanent Building Society and Greater Bank.  read more

Bank of Queensland is pinning its hopes for a revival in its home lending business on the development of its subsidiary ME Bank as a prototype digital brand operating at low cost and high efficiency. read more

Just as the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee is winding up its inquiry into the impact of regional bank branch closures, another parliamentary committee inquiry wit.. read more

NAB has slashed its advertised home loan rates to bring them into line with the rates borrowers actually pay. read more

NAB has formed a partnership with cyber security company CrowdStrike and is offering its SME customers a year’s free access to the CrowdStrike Falcon Go service.  read more

A provider of commercial property lease bonds underwritten by a global insurer says it is starting to build momentum in a market dominated by banks issuing guarantees.  eGuarantee was launched three y.. read more

ASIC chief executive Warren Day is leaving the regulator to join the Commonwealth DPP. read more

Roy Morgan has crowned P&N Bank its bank of the year and Commonwealth Bank its major bank of the year. read more

A provider of small amount credit contracts, Sunshine Loans, charged prohibited fees over a four-year period, which it defended with “fanciful arguments” a court has ruled. read more

One reason to pursue the development of a retail central bank digital currency in Australia may be because it offers the prospect of greater security and privacy than commercial bank deposits. read more