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While housing credit growth keeps plumbing new depths, the big banks are struggling to keep pace with extremely modest system growth.   Official data for the month of May for now defies the ca.. read more

APRA insiders rarely vent their spleen, let alone spill the beans on their former employer. Wilson Sy, a principal researcher at APRA from 2004 to 2010 (and a favourite of the Citizens Electoral Counc.. read more

ASIC's "enforcement investigations involving the big six", or their officers or subsidiary companies, have jumped by 74 per cent since the banking royal commission cranked up in early 2018. read more

G&C Mutual Bank and Unity Bank aim to merge by around September 2020. read more

Risk management is sub-par and accountability "diluted", Lindsay Maxsted, chair of Westpac said yesterday. read more

More than 10 per cent of 2017 UK payment card revenues "have been taken by new firms," and fintechs may not have to mess about waiting for a banking licence to feast at the big banks' club, with the n.. read more

In some circles bank shares are money, lollies are money, but - in the stubborn view of Australia's central bank - cryptocurrencies fail to make the grade. read more

The mortgage market is in decline on many measures, although the average home loan size, at $277,000, is creeping up. read more

Contrarian, conservative measures on returns from the Australian equity market are the key findings from a heroic, "hand-collected" project by the RBA's Domestic Markets Department, drawing together d.. read more

A high-minded aid to overcoming low levels of financial inclusion, or a disruptive grab by Facebook for market share in payments and wallets?Libra, a "reserved" cryptocurrency linked to a proprietary.. read more