COMMONWEALTH Bank is losing ground to its major rivals in business lending as it charges higher interest on loans to cover growing bad debts. However, the nation's second-biggest bank has increased market share across home lending, household and business deposits. Business lending rose by 11.9 per cent across the banking sector for the six months to December but the CBA's business loan book grew by just 8.8 per cent. Its share of the market shrank from 13.9 per...
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