NAB’s bold new attack on its closest rivals has generated a media frenzy and put the Big Four under the spotlight.
As part of the campaign, NAB is publishing ‘Dear John’ letters in national newspapers letter in national newspapers (or should that be Dear Ralph, Gail and Mike), …
NAB this week broke off its 20 year relationship with its Big Four comrades by announcing plans to pay the exit fees for mortgage holders who refinance from CBA, Westpac and ANZ.
In a cleverly worded anti-valentine letter to its big three rivals, NAB broke off the relationship …
Sit down and get comfortable – all the signs are we are going to be here for a while yet.
One of the indicators that we watch really close at burningpants is how much cash is being stored in the system and what the propensity to store cash …
It is sometimes said that pundits and politicians can talk an economy into recession. Whether or not this is true, many in the West are ignoring the evidence of recovery and growth in large parts of the world because they are preoccupied with the problems of the G7.…
There have been some interesting developments in the UK Financial Services market since the last edition of BP went out two weeks ago.
Some people are labelling the ongoing change and transformation in the market as an Industrial Revolution – something financial services has never had.
However while …
The latest data on retail deposits shows there is $60 billion in cash still waiting for a home, as continued uncertainty keeps investors sitting on the sidelines.
The big four banks are the beneficiaries of the ‘wait and see’ attitude; they still hold almost three quarters of retail …


