Keeping up the fight:Why towns are desperate to halt wave of bank closures

Keeping up the fight:Why towns are desperate to halt wave of bank closures

Almost 170 Victorian bank branches have closed in the past two and half years. But communities from the city to the regions keep fighting to retain them,some scoring unlikely victories.

  • byBenjamin Preiss andRachael Dexter

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Putin is one of the world’s richest men. But the money isn’t in his name

Putin is one of the world’s richest men. But the money isn’t in his name

A deluge of Western sanctions has fallen on Russia’s elite. How are its billionaires fighting to get their money (and yachts) back? And how are investigators following the money?

  • bySherryn Groch
They’re the cornerstones of our economy,but sometimes banks collapse. Why?
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They’re the cornerstones of our economy,but sometimes banks collapse. Why?

Every few years we hear about a bank folding. Why can’t it be prevented? And what’s contagion?

  • byClancy Yeates
‘Our profits will go up,up,up’:Dancing bankers’ videos didn’t age well

‘Our profits will go up,up,up’:Dancing bankers’ videos didn’t age well

Signature Bank,the third-biggest failure in US banking history,was unlike any other bank in the industry. Its music videos,which show employees doing synchronised dances inside cubicles,are hard to watch now.

  • byMax Abelson
Regulators shutter Silicon Valley Bank,move quickly to avert crisis

Regulators shutter Silicon Valley Bank,move quickly to avert crisis

Silicon Valley Bank has become the latest bank to collapse in the US,and the first since 2020.

  • byDavid French,Echo Wang andAlun John
Ubank offers customer $100 compensation - with a catch

Ubank offers customer $100 compensation - with a catch

A customer who complained about NAB’s digital offshoot says the offer,given on condition they keep the matter confidential,is “an insult”.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
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NAB technical glitch leaves people without pay

NAB technical glitch leaves people without pay

A payment systems error at National Australian Bank has left customers at ING,Bank of Queensland,Tyro Payments and Commonwealth Bank of Australia without their pay in the middle of silly season.

  • byAmelia McGuire
‘An absolute mess’:Ubank apologises for app issues blocking people from their accounts

‘An absolute mess’:Ubank apologises for app issues blocking people from their accounts

Angry customers have flooded the social media pages of NAB’s digital offshoot with complaints about a lack of access to its banking platform during overseas travel,and poor customer service.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
Perfume,hotels,taxis - banks told how to spot signs of sex slavery

Perfume,hotels,taxis - banks told how to spot signs of sex slavery

A range of regular transactions have been identified by the national financial tracking agency as potential indicators of a woman in sexual servitude.

  • byWendy Tuohy
AMP sells infrastructure debt arm to Ares Management

AMP sells infrastructure debt arm to Ares Management

The troubled financial services company is a step closer to simplifying its structure as it forges ahead with plans to spin off its wealth management arm in the new year.

  • bySupratim Adhikari
Behind the global appeal of Squid Game is a country’s economic unease

Behind the global appeal of Squid Game is a country’s economic unease

Squid Game is the latest South Korean cultural export to win a global audience by tapping into the country’s deep feelings of inequality and ebbing opportunities.

  • byJin Yu Young