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Analysts say there is still value in banks maintaining a physical presence.

Bankwest to face grilling over mass branch closures

Bankwest executives will face an inquiry into rural bank closures, a week after the company announced it will shut all its branches in favour of online services.

  • Stephanie Gardiner

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Panic buying at supermarkets and bottle shops in Perth had started before WA Premier Mark McGowan announced a five-day lock down due to a hotel security guard testing positive to COVID-19.

Masks, groceries and, most importantly, booze: WA’s frenzied lockdown spending revealed

Bankwest’s spend trends team has made some astonishing findings of how the lockdown announcement triggered panic buying of a particular type.

  • Hamish Hastie
Bankwest warns scams are on the rise in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Amid a global virus pandemic, scammers try to snare unwitting bank customers

Bankwest's scam and frauds team have reported a 48 per cent jump in cases in the first week of April compared to the first week of March.

  • Hamish Hastie
Bankwest's new managing director Sinead Taylor.

Bankwest gets its first female managing director

Rowan Munchenberg announced his departure to Bankwest staff on Tuesday morning, with Sinead Taylor to step into his role.

  • Hamish Hastie
Confident: Bankwest Stadium head curator Graeme Logan.

Bankwest boosted by $1 million Australia-first underground technology

Revolutionary below-the-surface technology will work like a "reverse-cycle air conditioner" to ensure the new stadium will be playable after torrential rain.

  • Adam Pengilly
Honour: Eels captain Clint Gutherson.

Gutherson takes advice from Eels legends on rare honour at 'new home'

While the Parramatta skipper's contract status has been a hot topic, he has been seeking advice from Eels greats on how to handle a rare honour.

  • Adam Pengilly
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Data wizard exodus potentially harmful to WA economy

WA is losing skilled data science graduates to over east and overseas but one of WA’s biggest IT employers is fighting for them to stay.

  • Hamish Hastie
Bankwest managing director Rowan Munchenberg.

Open-plan on steroids: Bankwest borrows tech sector culture change

There aren’t many major Australian businesses where the managing director has no actual office and little more than a metal stool to sit on.

  • Hamish Hastie
Bankwest managing director Rowan Munchenberg.

Low unemployment will keep housing ticking: Bankwest boss

Bankwest managing director Rowan Munchenberg says the housing market isn't headed for a cliff.

  • Hamish Hastie
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'Targeted' attack sees Bankwest cards blocked in busy Christmas period

A security attack saw transactions remove small amounts from debit accounts, believed to be a means for fraudsters to test for active cards.

  • Hannah Barry

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