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A string of allegations has been made about HSBC’s failings to protect its Australian customers from scams.

‘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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In principle, negative gearing isn’t even a tax concession, so it shouldn’t be included in Treasury’s tax expenditure statement.

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
Suspected fraudsters are gaining access to thousands of Australian bank accounts each year.

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
Tony Sidebottom of the the Book Depot, which does not add card surcharges.

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
A Dutton government would push for a loosening of rules that affect how much customers can borrow for a home loan, it said this week.

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
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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
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Banks must be more conservative when approving new credit limits from January.

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 chief executive Andrew Irvine said Donald Trump’s commitment to fuelling growth in the world’s largest economy would potentially boost inflation.

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
AMP Bank chief executive Sean O’Malley is confident small businesses will survive the global turmoil.

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
While CBA maintains its lead as the nation’s largest lender, the bank has been looking at ways to push back against Macquarie’s pursuit of mortgage holders through the broker channel

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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