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Digital bank BNK has reported first quarter 2023 growth across key metrics, with its total portfolio now around $2.8 billion.

Community First Credit Union has announced that it will be rebranding as Community First Bank after a successful trademark dispute in 2021.

ANZ’s “strong” financial year 2022 results have highlighted “restored momentum” in its Australian home loans.

Westpac Group has announced an extension of its partnership with Australia Post to continue offering over-the-counter banking services.

The Federal Court has ordered the big four bank to pay a $25 million penalty for failing to provide certain benefits to customers with offset transaction accounts or its Breakfree package.

The major bank has opened grant applications for customers affected by the recent extreme weather conditions in officially declared disaster areas.

ASIC is calling on the major banks, Macquarie and JP Morgan, to benchmark themselves against a new report regarding conflicts of interest in wholesale markets.

Continued strength in AMP’s deposit-to-loan ratio has driven its Q322 loan book growth, the bank has confirmed.

Bankers who complain about housing risk weights are “not letting the facts get in the way of a good story,” outgoing APRA chair Wayne Byres has said.

The financial services group is to acquire Challenger Bank, including its $89 million retail lending and $228 million of deposits.