ASX resets record close thanks to banks
Buoyed by a bumper session for Australia’s largest retail bank, the benchmark set a record close on Thursday.
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Demand for bank to explain branch closures
A senate inquiry examining the difficulties of regional banking has asked Bankwest to explain its decision to close 45 branches.
Demand for bank to explain branch closures
A senate inquiry examining the difficulties of regional banking has asked Bankwest to explain its decision to close 45 branches.
Price crisis pushes more out of Aussie dream
Australians, under pressure from the increased cost of living, took out fewer home loans across the first month of 2024.
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Westpac CEO wants women at top
WESTPAC chief executive Gail Kelly says the bank’s plan to quash gender inequality and have an even share of men and women at the top is on track.
Banker sues over tiny $8m bonus
A FORMER Goldman Sachs trader is suing the investment bank after his annual bonus was about $5 million less than he told his mum to expect.
PM in secret talks to ‘deregulate banks’
FOREIGN banks would be given greater access to the Australian market — including customer data — if Tony Abbott gets his way, according to a report.
Government snatches $360m from accounts
DON’T leave your money alone, the government has snatched a record $360 million from household accounts that have been dormant for just three years.
Pope Francis sacks Vatican board
POPE Francis has sacked the all-Italian board of a powerful Vatican group. Why did he take such a drastic action?
Book co-op is giving away $45 million
FINALLY, some good news for students (and former students). The Co-op Bookshop is giving away $45 million to its members. But there’s a massive catch.
‘Mr Teflon’ may exit JPMorgan
JAMIE Dimon, the man dubbed Wall Street’s Mr Teflon for holding on to his job at JPMorgan amid a string of problems, may be set to exit.
NAB banker, mate in alleged $7m scam
A BANKER and a public servant who were mates at university have been arrested over what police say is an insider trading scam involving the Australian dollar that netted $7 million in nine months.
Weed industry hatches banking plan
MARIJUANA sellers in the US have hatched a plan to move their dank-smelling cash to easily auditable banking accounts. Will it work?
Westpac lifts cash profit 8 per cent
ANOTHER big four bank has reported massive profits. Westpac has reaped in $3.77 billion for the half year.
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