THE Reserve Bank may have kept the official cash rate on hold in February, but this didn’t stop the big four banks increasing their home loan interest rates.
Original post:
Cheaper loans probably exist
Bookmark to
Banks gorge on ECB loans, market cheer short-lived
December 21, 2011 By
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Banks gobbled up nearly 490 billion euros in three-year cut-price loans from the European Central Bank on Wednesday, easing immediate fears of a credit crunch but leaving unresolved how much will flow to needy euro zone economies.
View article:
Banks gorge on ECB loans, market cheer short-lived
Bookmark to
Take your home loans elsewhere: Swan
December 7, 2011 By
Treasurer Wayne Swan has urged people to take their home loans from the big four banks and take them to smaller lenders with lower interest rates.
More:
Take your home loans elsewhere: Swan
Bookmark to
Consumer loans surge 15%
November 28, 2011 By
BANKS consumer loans jumped by double digits in the second quarter compared to the same period the year before, fueled by a surge in residential real estate loans, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.
Taken from:
Consumer loans surge 15%
Bookmark to
‘Decoupling’ loans a core issue for AIB
November 4, 2011 By
ONE MORE THING:THE COMPLEX task ahead of unravelling property loans from other loans held by companies and individuals at the banks is best seen in the work facing AIB.
Read more here:
‘Decoupling’ loans a core issue for AIB
Bookmark to
Banks risk tripping over loans to power distributors
November 2, 2011 By
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Banks are staring at the prospect of restructuring loans to loss-making state electricity boards in order to stave off defaults.
More here:
Banks risk tripping over loans to power distributors
Bookmark to
BofA, JPMorgan Say Refund Demands Mount for Post-Bubble Loans
October 19, 2011 By
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) reported more demands from investors to repurchase faulty mortgages made after 2008, when the banks said they upgraded their standards to curb defaults.
Excerpt from:
BofA, JPMorgan Say Refund Demands Mount for Post-Bubble Loans
Bookmark to
Zimbabwe: Banks Tighten Screws On Personal Loans
September 26, 2011 By
BANKS say the liquidity constraints have affected lending as demand is outstripping supply leading to delays in the processing of loans.
Follow this link:
Zimbabwe: Banks Tighten Screws On Personal Loans
Bookmark to
Bank loans to companies defying U.S. slowdown: credit markets
September 7, 2011 By
NEW YORK – Banks in the U.S. increased their lending to corporations by the most in almost three years last month, a sign of optimism as evidence mounts that the economic recovery is teetering.
Read More:
Bank loans to companies defying U.S. slowdown: credit markets
Bookmark to
Catholic church used $400m in Irish bank loans to pay U.S. sexual abuse victims
August 21, 2011 By
The funds, in the form of loans, guarantees and lines of credit, were given specifically to pay clerical abuse victims, and led to Allied Irish Banks being dubbed the ‘Vatican’s banking arm’ in U.S. legal circles.
View the original here:
Catholic church used $400m in Irish bank loans to pay U.S. sexual abuse victims
Bookmark to
