BFCSA: Australia's Home-loan Mortgage arrears hit five-year high: Moody's
Home-loan arrears hit five-year high: Moody's Australian Financial Review Sep 18 2017 4:39 PM Jonathan Shapiro The disparity of Australia regional economies has been highlighted in a report by credit...
View ArticleBFCSA: Property investors locked out of small business low tax rate
Property investors locked out of small business low tax rate The Australian 12:00am September 19, 2017 David Uren Property and share investors will be denied access to the Turnbull government’s...
View ArticleBFCSA: China shuts down Bitcoin industry; bans executives from leaving the...
China shuts down Bitcoin industry; bans executives from leaving the country Australian Financial Review Sep 18 2017 11:00 PM Lisa Murray China has stepped up its regulatory onslaught against...
View ArticleBFCSA: Australians stuck in a debt trap with wages having risen by just $3 a...
Australians stuck in a debt trap with wages having risen by just $3 a year over the past decade Sydney Morning HeraldSept. 19 2017 - 6:39am Michael Heath (Bloomberg) Australians' average weekly...
View ArticleBFCSA: Rosanna's Story - NAB Customer Complaints System upset Customers
Rosanna's Story - NAB Customer Complaints System upset Customers There is scandal after scandal in the banking system. There is also a widespread problem of bullying customers who complain and...
View ArticleBFCSA: CBA shielding behind the Reserve Bank Australia - RMBS Timebomb.
CBA shielding behind the Reserve Bank Australia - RMBS Timebomb. How long were the CBA (and others) off- loading toxic mortgages to the RBA? Is the Commonwealth Bank cashing in or crashing? What...
View ArticleBFCSA: Tell us more about your other debts to get a loan, banks tell borrowers!!
Tell us more about your other debts to get a loan, banks tell borrowers Australian Financial Review Sep 22 2017 5:42 PM Duncan Hughes Major lenders are demanding more financial information from...
View ArticleBFCSA: APRA regulation ‘hurting small banks’ who are paying the price for the...
APRA regulation ‘hurting small banks’ The Australian 12:00am September 23, 2017 Michael Roddan The nation’s smaller banks say they are paying the price for the misdemeanours of Australia’s biggest...
View ArticleBFCSA: Signs point to housing slowdown: Off-the-plan resale apartments listed...
Signs point to housing slowdown The Australian 12:00am September 23, 2017 Elizabeth Redman Anxious vendors are turning to Gumtree and social media as well as traditional listings websites in the hope...
View ArticleBFCSA: Shadow bank loans surge to $28b amid APRA crackdown
Shadow bank loans surge to $28b amid APRA crackdown Australian Financial ReviewSep 21 2017 6:00 PM Jacob Greber Tougher bank lending rules have driven an increase in shadow banking, according to RBA...
View ArticleBFCSA: Regional banks say they're also 'too big to fail'
Regional banks say they're also 'too big to fail' Australian Financial Review Sep 21 2017 11:00 PM James Eyers Banks want the federal government to tell international ratings agencies it is willing to...
View ArticleBFCSA: Banks propose governance model for open banking
Banks propose governance model for open banking Australian Financial Review Sep 21 2017 11:00 PM James Eyers Banks have called for the creation of a new independent utility to govern access to an...
View ArticleBFCSA: Commonwealth Bank sells life insurance arm to AIA for $3.8bn
Commonwealth Bank sells life insurance arm to AIA for $3.8bn The Australian 2:21pm September 21, 2017 Michael Roddan Commonwealth Bank, fresh from striking a $3.8 billion deal with AIA Group for the...
View ArticleBFCSA: Global investment scam robbing Australians of millions each year as...
Global investment scam robbing Australians of millions each year as Government urged to act ABC NewsSeptember 21, 2017 Matthew Doran, Henry Belot Exclusive The Federal Government is being urged to...
View ArticleBFCSA: RBA, ACCC want more competition in banking: regime that will force...
RBA, ACCC want more competition in banking Australian Financial ReviewSep 20 2017 8:00 PM James Eyers The Reserve Bank of Australia and the competition regulator have endorsed the government's budget...
View ArticleBFCSA: Commonwealth Bank bolsters 'risk' executive ranks
Commonwealth Bank bolsters 'risk' executive ranks Australian Financial Review Sep 20 2017 11:00 PM James Frost Commonwealth Bank has poached the chief risk officer from subsidiary Bankwest to head up...
View ArticleBFCSA: Interest rate rises to trigger $1.6 Trillion debt bomb
Interest rate rises to trigger $1.6trn debt bomb Australian Financial Review Sep 20 2017 11:00 PM Philip Baker It's springtime here in Australia and there's clearly something in the air. A week ago...
View ArticleBFCSA: Sydney, Melbourne property 30pc overvalued, may fall 10pc: Capital...
Sydney, Melbourne property 30pc overvalued, may fall 10pc: Capital Economics Australian Financial Review Sep 20 2017 2:23 PM Michael Bleby Housing prices in Sydney and Melbourne are up to 30 per cent...
View ArticleBFCSA: Australian Bankers' Association: Don't pin banks for all 'serious...
Australian Bankers' Association: Don't pin banks for all 'serious crimes' Sydney Morning Herald Sept. 20 2017 - 5:07pm Eryk Bagshaw Banks should not be liable for all kinds of "serious crimes"...
View ArticleBFCSA: No-one trusts Big Banks: Scott Morrison warns banks to absorb cost of...
Scott Morrison warns banks to absorb cost of dumping ATM fees Australian Financial ReviewSep 24 2017 9:00 PM Phillip Coorey $500 million is a drop in the bucket to the $200 Billion a year gleaned by...
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