‘Millionaires’ factory’ Macquarie takes on Australia’s sleepy mortgage market

No ‘limit’ to growth, says company, as digital bank chips away dominance of ‘Big Four’ retail lenders

Posted on Monday March 16, 2026

‘Millionaires’ factory’ Macquarie finds next lucrative target on its doorstep

Digital bank chips away at dominance of ‘Big Four’ retail lenders in Australia’s sleepy mortgage market

Posted on Monday March 16, 2026

Bank of America settles lawsuit alleging it benefited from Epstein ties

Lawyers for bank and plaintiff tell judge they have reached agreement in principle to resolve case

Posted on Monday March 16, 2026

Close Brothers plunges as short seller claims it understated UK car finance risks

Lender’s shares drop 14% as Viceroy says it could be forced to raise provisions to as much as £1.23bn

Posted on Monday March 16, 2026

Orcel’s brash M&A tactics inch UniCredit closer to success

Few shareholders will accept the miserly offer for Commerzbank — but that doesn’t matter

Posted on Monday March 16, 2026

Nvidia’s Huang predicts $1tn in AI chip revenue over 2 years

Chip group’s higher than expected sales forecast fails to boost share price

Posted on Tuesday March 17, 2026

Donald Trump says he will have the ‘honour’ of ‘taking Cuba in some form’

US president confirms discussions with communist island nation without sharing details

Posted on Tuesday March 17, 2026

Trump says China, Japan and Korea should be ‘thanking’ US for strikes

President says ‘numerous’ nations vow to help protect vessels, while UK and Germany refuse to be drawn into wider war

Posted on Tuesday March 17, 2026

Cuba hit by nationwide blackout as energy grid collapses

‘Disconnection’ leaves 11mn without power in largest outage since US energy blockade began earlier this year

Posted on Monday March 16, 2026

Trump asks to postpone long-awaited summit with China’s Xi

US president says he needs to remain in Washington because of the war in the Middle East

Posted on Monday March 16, 2026