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Banks are tracking your every click. It could save you thousands
As banks fight back against scammers, changes as minor as how you move a mouse on a computer screen can be a clue to a suspicious transaction.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Why big banks will have a target on their back next year
Australia’s banking sector is in rude health as far as the public is concerned and that could potentially land it in trouble in an election year.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Activists keep pressure on big banks despite $10b cut in fossil fuel lending
An analysis of banks’ environmental, social and governance strategies comes as a deadline looms for businesses to provide climate transition plans to one bank or risk losing finance.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Earnings season
Westpac says hardship has peaked as borrowers adjust to high rates
The banking giant, which delivered a $7 billion profit and raised its dividend on Monday, says the economy is turning the corner.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Banks tipped to rake in $30b as most borrowers weather interest rate storm
Customers who continued paying off home loans despite cost-of-living pressures are expected to support the profits of the majors, to be revealed this week.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
CBA sorry after glitch drains some customer accounts
The bank said the issue was rectified Saturday afternoon, but not before a rash of online complaints from customers.
- by Caitlin Powell and Gemma Grant
Action over ‘shonky’ car loans kicks off against Westpac, Macquarie
The class action alleges the two banks engaged in predatory lending practices that stung consumers with unfair high-interest loans.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Scams
Beware the ‘Microsoft support’ scam – it cost Fran $30,000
Want a chance of getting scam compensation from one of the big banks? There’s one simple rule to follow.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
The mud map and escape plan that upended a $500 million fraud
When businessman Bill Papas fled to Greece, he left behind smoking-gun evidence of his elaborate scheme to defraud bank lenders – and a note that sank his business partner.
- by Sarah Danckert
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