The relief rally in major bank shares sparked by "benign" capital requirements may have further to run, analysts say, as a long-term source of uncertainty has been removed.

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The banks and their shareholders exhaled a collective sigh of relief when the financial regulator pronounced that they were pretty damn close to being 'unquestionably strong'.

Capital raisings appear to be "off the table" for banks and dividends look safer after APRA's new capital requirements, say investors.

Banks should not use new requirements to strengthen their loss-absorbing buffers as an excuse to hike their customers' loan rates, Treasurer Scott Morrison has warned.

Providing a thumbprint looks set to be a future alternative to tapping in a personal identification number, amid signs that customers are warming to using "biometric" information when making payments.

Superannuation funds have rebounded in the 2017 financial year with the average balanced option delivering a 10.4 per cent return, according to SuperRatings research.

Bank of America and Goldman Sachs joined their rivals by disappointing investors.

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Medibank's CEO appears to be playing the PR game of blame-someone-else-for-your-challenges.

A major, global cyber attack could trigger an average of $US53 billion ($68 billion) of economic losses, a report says.

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

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.

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There's something strange about our relationships with our banks. We'll change supermarkets, even phone companies, but when it comes to our financial affairs, we're more faithful than Red Dog.

JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon has vented his frustration with gridlock in Washington.

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.

ANZ Bank is moving closer to a deal to sell its Malaysian banking stake to a pension fund and exit the South-East Asian nation, sources familiar with the matter said.

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

Macquarie Group's proposal to build two towers above new train station at Martin Place has been lambasted.

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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.

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

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.

A third of Australia's largest listed companies are keeping their investors in the dark about how they are managing the potentially large financial risks of climate change, a survey has found.

Despite a shrinking market for personal credit, lenders in the nascent peer-to-peer sector such as SocietyOne are enjoying strong growth.

Australia's top-performing pension fund over the past three years is betting infrastructure assets will offer among the most reliable returns over coming decade

Customers of ING Direct may soon be able to ask their "digital assistant" to check their bank balance, or tell a "chatbot" on Twitter to freeze a credit card that has gone missing.

The corporate watchdog has stepped in to stop the financiers of a tech start-up endorsed by cricketer Shane Warne and troubled former Australian basketballer Shane Heal from issuing shares to some investors.

Financial advisers working at firms owned by National Australia Bank failed to clearly tell at least 150,000 clients they were recommending products that had been manufactured by the bank.

Superannuation fund Cbus will slash how much its youngest members are spending on life insurance, as part of a crackdown on unnecessary insurance cover purchased through the retirement saving system.

National Australia Bank will start automatically knocking back customers seeking to borrow a high multiple of their income through an interest-only home loan, amid concerns over the risks created by rising household indebtedness.

Country's biggest superannuation fund has not changed its view despite claims by banks that the new levy will hit all Australians' retirement savings.