$80 million in scams prevented as NAB rolls out new payment alerts
Analysis
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$80 million in scams prevented as NAB rolls out new payment alerts

A new alert system from NAB has saved customers – including many desperate Swifties – a total of $80 million in potential scams.

  • byJohn Collett

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Bankwest to close all branches in digital-only move

Bankwest to close all branches in digital-only move

Bankwest will disappear from WA streets by October as the Commonwealth Bank-owned brand closes 45 branches and switches to servicing its customers by digital means only.

  • byPeter Milne
How I found myself agreeing with cash king Bob Katter
Opinion
Cash

How I found myself agreeing with cash king Bob Katter

Too many businesses are going cashless and it’s costing consumers. The banks and other payment providers,meanwhile,make a fortune from fees on card payments.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Tide has turned’:Banks start to cut fixed rates

‘Tide has turned’:Banks start to cut fixed rates

Lenders have started cutting fixed interest rates on home loans,as markets bet the Reserve Bank will reduce official interest rates later this year.

  • byMillie Muroi
How a pizza helped cash become my king,again
Perspective
Cash

How a pizza helped cash become my king,again

After a few COVID-mandated years of less tactile transactions,I’m re-embracing the simplicity of cash.

  • byCameron Atfield
App wars:How banks are trying to win over Gen Z

App wars:How banks are trying to win over Gen Z

Banks are in engaged in a battle of the apps,as they try to win over younger customers who are juggling saving and spending in a largely cashless world.

  • byClancy Yeates
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Reduce carbon footprint if you want cheap finance:NAB

Reduce carbon footprint if you want cheap finance:NAB

Australia’s largest business lender has said it is inevitable banks will charge higher interest rates for businesses that aren’t reducing their emissions.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Smart cards and smarter phones? Stuff and nonsense. Just ask my mother
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Smart cards and smarter phones? Stuff and nonsense. Just ask my mother

Credit cards and smartphones are supposed to simplify and streamline our lives. Until the IT dam wall is washed away – and with it our information and cash.

  • byTony Wright
AMP shares tumble on weak profit forecast amid $60m banking push

AMP shares tumble on weak profit forecast amid $60m banking push

AMP is attempting to limit the crunch on its banking profits by targeting the small business market,investing in a new digital bank.

  • byClancy Yeates
Savings accounts finally beat inflation as cheap money era ends

Savings accounts finally beat inflation as cheap money era ends

In a major turning point for savers,it is now possible to make returns that are just ahead of inflation simply by putting your money in the bank.

  • byClancy Yeates
Bank profits past their peak as mortgage war takes toll

Bank profits past their peak as mortgage war takes toll

The mortgage war is taking a bite out of bank profits,and analysts say CBA could unleash more competition if it looks to turn around losses in market share.

  • byClancy Yeates andMillie Muroi