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(Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp on Monday posted over a 12% drop in first-half cash earnings, as its margins continued to be squeezed by stiff competition in mortgage lending amid record low interest rates and certain impairment charges.
Australia's "Big Four" banks enjoyed a boom in home lending helped by low rates and a pandemic-fuelled shift to remote working that buoyed property markets. But their margins have been hit by competition and by borrowers moving to fixed-rate loans....
>>> Read more: Australia's Westpac first-half cash earnings drop 12% as competition bites
Australia's "Big Four" banks enjoyed a boom in home lending helped by low rates and a pandemic-fuelled shift to remote working that buoyed property markets. But their margins have been hit by competition and by borrowers moving to fixed-rate loans....
>>> Read more: Australia's Westpac first-half cash earnings drop 12% as competition bites
