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CommBank gets online upgrades

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
Riding on the increase in user traffic, the Commonwealth Bank has rolled out a series of IT upgrades to its website, designed to improve online security and cut by nearly half the time spent by customers navigating through their various web pages. The ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is likely to open in the red for a second day running, following another poor performance on Wall Street, oil prices climbed and base metals were softer. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price ...

Having another crack at online mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
As business models go, one of the all-time worst may be selling home loans on the internet. Countless online mortgage companies have come and gone. The big banks with active direct mortgage sales arms report that the contribution those businesses make ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
The Australian stock market has been buoyed by a big cut in interest rates in the United States which has helped ease fears that the US economy could slip into recession. In early trading today, the Australian stock market had lifted by more than two ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
Australian stocks will continue to climb in early trading, if the Futures are a guide, buoyed by stronger international markets and shaking off yesterday's interest rate rise. At 0752 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Adelaide Bank goes mobile with Microsoft

After exploring a number of mobile solutions, Adelaide Bank has selected Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 for its mobile network. The move is part of the bank's three year technology strategy. "We have made significant investments in upgrading our infrastructure. ...

CHOICE rates reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... external dispute resolution scheme. Reverse mortgages that CHOICE said met their standards (in alpha order) are ABN AMRO, Bank SA, Bluestone, Home Building Society, Integris, Mariner, Police and Nurses Credit Union, SGE Credit Union, St George and Vision ...

Commonwealth revives Colonial hybrid

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
Commonwealth Bank's treasury managers have revived a controversial funding structure to sell $700 million in hybrid capital. CBA issued a bland and brief announcement yesterday that said the bank planned to issue ill-defined "Funds Management Securities". ...

St.George to re-hire lenders as contractors

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
In move that would provoke uproar if applied to financial advisers, St.George Bank will offer to transition some of its non-branch mortgage sales force in Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria to independent contractors restricted to selling only ...

Borrowers in trouble after rate hike

The country's peak building and construction group fears the Reserve Bank's move to lift interest rates by 0.25 per cent represents a financial blow that many home owners can ill afford. Wilhelm Harnisch, chief executive of Master Builders Australia ...