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The major bank has yet to complete the quest to shrink its home loan assessment times, as competition and other pressures have affected its profitability.

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The mortgage manager has announced leadership changes, including a new head of distribution.

The reveal of the executive role comes less than two months after the major bank’s chair pledged to address its extensive turnover times.

The big four bank will slash its head office roles by around 20 per cent, after an initial restructure of its executive team.

AMP Bank has appointed a former fintech leader as its new head of lending operations and client assist.

A jump in new owner-occupier mortgages was the primary driving force behind a $1.3 billion rise in housing loans through December.

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited has announced changes to its executive structure, bringing two banking businesses into one division and farewelling a chief executive.

The digital lender has recruited two new executives from Judo and Aussie.

The Reserve Bank’s governor has insisted the board is “prepared to be patient” and to wait for the right conditions for a cash rate change.