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ANZ has appointed Jennifer Scott as its general manager digital transformation and performance. read more

Two mutual banks, Police Bank and Teachers Mutual, priced senior unsecured floating rate notes yesterday. read more

Fiji's banking system poses "limited contingent liabilities" to the sovereign because its banks are likely to derive support from their parents rather than the government, says Moody's. read more

Westpac customers with 'principal and interest' owner-occupier home loans will receive an eight basis points interest rate reduction from 30 June 2017, pushing the bank's annual standard variable rate down to 5.24 per cent. But both investors and owner-occupiers with a Westpac interest-only loan will be paying more. read more

David Bailey (pictured) will settle in permanently as chief executive of Australian Finance Group. Bailey took on the role in March on an interim basis. read more

With inflation going up and banks slashing deposit rates, financial comparison site Mozo.com.au says there are now no savings accounts with an interest rate high enough to keep savers ahead of tax and inflation. read more

Bob White, managing director of Westpac in its "world bank" days in the 1980s died over the weekend. read more

Fitch Ratings assigned New Zealand-based First Credit Union a long- term issuer default rating of BB with a stable outlook. read more

ASIC has banned Sudhir Kumar Sinha, a financial planner at Westpac who "systematically failed to meet his ongoing advice service obligations over a period of six years while he was employed by Westpac." read more

APRA is expected to postpone discussion of any total loss-absorbing capacity (or TLAC) when it hands down a paper on "unquestionably strong" capital in the coming weeks. read more

Moody's Investors Service said that the performance of Australian prime residential mortgage-backed securities deteriorated over the March 2017 quarter. read more