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‘Losses will continue to mount’: Bank staff’s security warnings before massive scam cost customers millions
HSBC customers lost more than $40 million to impersonation scams. The corporate regulator is suing the bank for failing to protect them.
- Aisha Dow
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Australia’s inconvenient truth: Are we really in mortgage stress?
Despite the narrative of high interest rates crippling borrowers, most mortgage customers didn’t seize on the February rate cut to reduce their monthly payments.
- Elizabeth Knight
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- Scams
No-ID-necessary accounts make Australians an easy target for fraudsters
Some accounts are stolen, some are bought and some are just plain fake, but all are used to reap millions of dollars from scams.
- Aisha Dow
Tap and no? The card surcharges that look set for the chop
Retailers warn prices will need to rise if the Albanese government bans ubiquitous debit card surcharges next year.
- Madeleine Heffernan
Are banks too cautious? Dutton reignites ‘credit for the rich’ debate
The Coalition’s mortgage plan would have real effects on how much you can borrow from a bank, and for the housing market.
- Clancy Yeates
More borrowers are ditching their bank as refinancing rate picks up
Home loan customers have been growing more proactive in seeking out cheaper loans recently, especially as interest rates trend lower.
- Clancy Yeates
Goodbye ‘Frank’: These are the new top credit cards in town
ME Bank may be closing its trailblazing low-rate credit card, but it is far from the cheapest option now anyway.
- Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
NAB boss worried ‘tariff madness’ could put future rate cuts at risk
CEOs from two major Australian banks have warned that an escalation of Donald Trump’s trade war would harm global economic growth and drive up inflation.
- Clancy Yeates
Can Australian small businesses survive Trump turmoil?
Donald Trump has roiled markets and economies across the globe with his policies. What does it mean for Australia’s small businesses?
- Sumeyya Ilanbey
CBA opens fresh front in mortgage wars
Commonwealth Bank subsidiary Bankwest is gearing up to take on Macquarie and ING in lending to “under serviced” Australians.
- Sumeyya Ilanbey
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