From 10¢ in the ’60s to the generous $20 Josh Frydenberg’s five-year-old received in 2022,Tooth Fairy inflation is real – but that doesn’t make it right.
No matter how flush you are,or how reliable your repayments,once you hit a certain age it can be tough to get a credit card.
The number of stolen cars in one state has more than doubled in a decade,with insurance premiums likely to rise as a result.
Small businesses employ 5.4 million people and generate a third of Australia’s GDP,but late payments from bigger firms are putting many under financial strain.
Moving cash around the country in armoured cars costs money. But unlike digital payments that attract surcharges,these costs aren’t visible to consumers.
Elon Musk may be on the verge of a Houdini-like escape from the financial morass that was his $US44 billion acquisition of Twitter. He can thank Donald Trump.
First,cards went contactless. Now they’re going numberless.
The airline duopoly has defended card surcharges,saying they give customers choice and keep prices low.
Millions of coins sit in wallets,banks,cash register tills,back pockets and underneath sofa cushions – and they face an unknown fate.
Cardholders at Australia’s major banks are being urged to manually update their mobile wallets.