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ANZ prepares for $1 billion in bad debt
by Staff Reporter • 8 Apr 2008
In a trading update Mr Smith said the bank now expected its total provision charge for credit impairment to be around... READ MORE
Big banks' exit fees dwarf credit unions?
by Staff Reporter • 7 Apr 2008
The report, commissioned by Treasurer Wayne Swan, has shown on average that exit fees across the big five... READ MORE
RBA backs lenders? rate hikes
by Staff Reporter • 7 Apr 2008
In his opening speech to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on Friday, Mr Stevens... READ MORE
Wide Bay confident of profit expectations, despite higher funding...
by Staff Reporter • 7 Apr 2008
Managing director Ron Hancock admitted that the group had been exposed to higher funding costs but was able to recoup... READ MORE
Mortgage Lenders Council back on non-bank agenda
by Staff Reporter • 7 Apr 2008
As a prelude to the discussions, head of consumer advocacy with Resi and former president of the council Lisa... READ MORE
Demand for loans drives UK lender to halt applications
by Staff Reporter • 3 Apr 2008
The move comes after the lender received unprecedented applications for its home loans following the withdrawal of... READ MORE
St George increases standard variable rate
by Staff Reporter • 1 Apr 2008
George Beatty, St George’s acting group executive of retail banking, said the bank had sustained increased... READ MORE
Westpac bumps extra 0.10pc on standard variable rates
by Staff Reporter • 1 Apr 2008
As of Wednesday the rate of interest on its variable-rate products will be 9.37 per cent.
Westpac group executive... READ MORE
Major UK lender scraps loans
by Staff Reporter • 31 Mar 2008
Nationwide’s two-year fixed-rate home loan with fee, and its two-year tracker home loan with/without fee, will... READ MORE
Bank interest rate tactics 'deceptive': Resi
by Staff Reporter • 28 Mar 2008
Head of consumer advocacy at Resi Lisa Montgomery said borrowers must remember that they can still look to non-bank... READ MORE
Macquarie?s retreat splits industry
by Staff Reporter • 26 Mar 2008
Of those surveyed 43 per cent agreed the implication for securitisation would be ‘insignificant’. A... READ MORE
NAB lifts variable rates
by Staff Reporter • 26 Mar 2008
The rise brings the bank’s standard variable home loan rate to 9.36 per cent and it set to take effect as of... READ MORE
Banks? profits up 13 per cent, mutuals down
by Staff Reporter • 25 Mar 2008
Total net profits for the banking sector for the year ending September 2007 reached $22,281 million – up 13 per... READ MORE
ING DIRECT to fund Resi
by Staff Reporter • 19 Mar 2008
Macquarie Bank’s recent departure from mortgage lending left Resi short of a key funder and so the addition of... READ MORE

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