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No matter how flush you are, or how reliable your repayments, once you hit a certain age it can be tough to get a credit card.

I have $1.6m in super but can’t get a credit card. Am I too old?

No matter how flush you are, or how reliable your repayments, once you hit a certain age it can be tough to get a credit card.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Car thieves were also rampant in Victoria, with the number of insurance claims rising 70 per cent in 2024.

Australia’s worst regions for car theft revealed

The number of stolen cars in one state has more than doubled in a decade, with insurance premiums likely to rise as a result.

  • Savannah Meacham
Small businesses are being increasingly bogged down by late payments.

Better late than never? The ‘contagion effect’ crippling small businesses

Small businesses employ 5.4 million people and generate a third of Australia’s GDP, but late payments from bigger firms are putting many under financial strain.

  • Cindy Yin
Armaguard’s woes last year highlighted the strain on the cash distribution system.

‘The cost of cash is real’: So who’s really paying to keep it alive?

Moving cash around the country in armoured cars costs money. But unlike digital payments that attract surcharges, these costs aren’t visible to consumers.

  • Clancy Yeates
Elon Musk is reportedly father to a 13th child.

Elon Musk eyes an escape from the trap that has cost him billions

Elon Musk may be on the verge of a Houdini-like escape from the financial morass that was his $US44 billion acquisition of Twitter. He can thank Donald Trump.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Mastercard has revealed plans to entirely remove digits from physical credit and debit cards in Australia.

Your next credit card might not have any numbers. Here’s why

First, cards went contactless. Now they’re going numberless.

  • David Swan
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Surcharges are increasingly being added for card payments – but Australia’s biggest bank wants them scrapped.

Qantas, Virgin warn of higher prices if card surcharges banned

The airline duopoly has defended card surcharges, saying they give customers choice and keep prices low.

  • Millie Muroi
In 2022-23, the Mint made more than 110 million Australian coins. The year before that, it made more than 134 million. In 2023-24, it made about 47 million.

The coin that Australia’s ‘Uber for cash’ wants to kill

Millions of coins sit in wallets, banks, cash register tills, back pockets and underneath sofa cushions – and they face an unknown fate.

  • Millie Muroi
Customers of Australia’s major banks are being urged to manually update their mobile wallets in order to avoid a looming technical issue that may cause payments chaos on New Year’s eve.

Eftpos customers warned of potential New Year’s Eve chaos

Cardholders at Australia’s major banks are being urged to manually update their mobile wallets.

  • David Swan
Banking apps are at higher risk of outages than most other types of payment service.

Banks spend billions on tech, so why are outages still a thing?

You are not imagining it: the overall impact of banks’ technology glitches hasn’t really improved, despite their deep pockets.

  • Clancy Yeates

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