Economy

Auswide Bank has announced that it has received a first-time credit rating of BBB+/F2 (long term/short term) with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings.

For the second year in a row, Heritage Bank is the number one financial institution in Australia for customer satisfaction, according to a global market research firm.

Standard & Poor’s has revised its outlook for an Australian bank, because it believes that there is a lesser likelihood that the bank will implement adequate capital initiative to reduce ...

Two major non-bank lenders have been acquired by American firms this year and rumours are swirling that more takeovers are on the horizon.

A new banking code of practice, which includes new protections for guarantors, notification of loan default reporting and “no more unsolicited offers to increase credit card limits”, has ...

The chairman of ANZ, David Gonski, has stressed the need for a restoration of confidence in the banking sector, pledging to adopt a “progressive” and “respectful” approach on community ...

The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s most recent board meeting show that the board considered the recent slowdown in housing credit when making its cash rate decision.

A forensic analysis conducted by the University of Technology Sydney has found bitcoin to be the “PayPal of the dark web”.

The government has announced that its new National Housing Infrastructure Corporation will comprise a $1 billion National Housing Infrastructure Facility that will “fund infrastructure to ...

A major bank’s subsidiary has appointed a new executive to its leadership team.