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NAB trims UK workforce by 1,700

The National Australia Bank will cut 1,700 jobs, or 15 per cent of its UK workforce, over the next 12 to 18 months as the bank moves to 'rebuild, revitalise and grow' its banking operation in the UK. The bank is booking a provision of $266 million to ...

Second round of executive appointments for NAB

NAB has followed up the revamp of its executive committee in late October with four new appointments at senior executive level in keeping with the implementation of the bank's fresh strategic agenda. In the current round of appointments Gordon Lefevre ...

St George Bank appoints head of Scottish Pacific Business Finance

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2004
St George Bank has appointed Kevin Ayres as head of its Scottish Pacific Business Finance and Business Customers units. The bank said Ayres, who is currently head of corporate and business banking, in Western Region Sydney, has been an employee since ...

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

Competitive intensity among banks was leaving little room for lifting bank fees, Westpac Banking Corp chief executive David Morgan said [on Sunday]. Mr Morgan said there were no plans in the pipeline for across the board hikes in fees, although a moratorium ...

CBA business arm sets aside $2 billion to restore market share

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's business banking arm has set aside $2 billion to lend to companies by June 30, as part of a bid to restore market share. The funds will be lent to clients across the bank's Institutional and Business Services (IBS) division ...

Greater competition in small business banking market: report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
Competition in the small business banking market grew in the past two years, with the big four banks, non-bank and niche players all scrambling for a piece of the pie, according to a new report. The independent report by KPMG, for the Australian Bankers' ...

ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group is poised to announce a deal to buy Lloyds TSB Group Plc's New Zealand banking operations for around 2.34 billion pounds ($3.96 billion), a source close to the situation said on Thursday. ANZ is hoping to announce ...

Bank of Queensland posts record profit

The Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has today announced that it had made a record profit for the 2003 financial year at the top end of analyst expectations, due to strong growth in its retail and business banking. "This brings the total annual dividend for ...

Suncorp replaces Moynihan with ex-CBA exec in wealth management

Paul Cully Suncorp Metway has appointed former Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) executive Bernadette Fifield to run its wealth management division in place of Greg Moynihan, who departs after 16 years with the group, it announced today. In a major ...