RBA afraid of blowing up 'housing powder keg'

The Reserve Bank will keep official interest rates unchanged until at least next year, says Deloitte.

House price growth to slow further but not crash: UBS

Economists at investment bank UBS are increasingly confident a "correction" is taking place in residential construction, led by a slowdown in the apartment sector.

Banks warned tax would lift costs, but did it?

Investors do not appear to be forcing the major banks to pay more for wholesale funding as a result of the federal bank tax.

Banks brace for 'unquestionably strong' rules

A key source of uncertainty having over banks could be removed as soon as this week, with the prudential regulator tipped to soon provide long-awaited details of its plan to make lenders more resilient to shocks.

Bonus crackdown could lift base banker pay

Bank boards may blunt the impact of a new accountability regime on senior bankers' bonuses by bumping up base pay, the federal Treasury has suggested.

Ban on broker commissions would 'lift interest rates'

Industry says abolishing commissions would drive most mortgage brokers out of business.

Manly Ferry trial set to hasten decline of cash, credit cards

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The rise of newfangled digital payments took another step last week, when the Manly Ferry began accepting tap-and-go credit card payments for fares.

ANZ settles with broker Aitken over 'sexist' tweet

Bank reaches confidential settlement with stockbroker who was dumped after tweet.

$2.4b fight: calls to scrap mortgage broker commissions

The fight over $2.4 billion a year in mortgage broker commissions is heating up, as consumer groups call for all such payments to be scrapped.