Home Loans

Westpac subsidiaries St George, BankSA and RAMS have announced they will be shelving their home loan cashback incentives from next month.

Eden Radford -

03 May, 2024 -

3 min read

Home Loans

The inflation figures for the March quarter, released today from the ABS, are a timely reminder borrowers cannot bank on an RBA rate cut in 2024.

Eden Radford -

24 Apr, 2024 -

4 min read

Home Loans

NAB, Australia’s third largest lender, has dropped the advertised rates on its discounted variable home loan, in a strategic move by the bank on how it markets its prices.

Eden Radford -

15 Apr, 2024 -

3 min read

Savings Accounts

Money in the bank from households hit another record high in March, with new figures from APRA revealing Australians stashed more than $8.2 billion in the bank in just one month.

Eden Radford -

30 Apr, 2024 -

4 min read

Savings Accounts

The majority of big four bank savings customers will receive a boost to their interest rate today as the banks pass on the May RBA hike.

Alex Ritchie -

12 May, 2023 -

4 min read

Savings Accounts

A total of five banks now offer at least one ongoing savings rate above 5 per cent, as competition in the savings sector continues to heat up.

Laine Gordon -

01 Jun, 2023 -

5 min read

Credit Cards

Australia’s biggest bank, CBA, has decreased the number of interest-free days available on its rewards cards in the latest credit card shakeup.

Eden Radford -

01 May, 2024 -

4 min read

Credit Cards

Australia’s second largest credit card provider, NAB, has today increased interest rates across select cards.

Eden Radford -

13 Feb, 2024 -

6 min read

Credit Cards

ANZ, Australia’s fourth largest credit card provider, has today increased interest rates across select credit cards by 0.50 percentage points – the second hike in less than six months.

Eden Radford -

22 Feb, 2024 -

4 min read

Bank Accounts

The number of ATMs and bank branches has dropped by more than one in 10 in the last financial year, as banks and customers move their transactions online.

Eden Radford -

19 Oct, 2023 -

8 min read

Bank Accounts

The payment behaviour of Australians has changed significantly over the last five years prompting banks to now request customers call ahead if needing to draw large amounts of cash.

Alex Ritchie -

07 Jul, 2023 -

4 min read

Bank Accounts

Westpac and Commonwealth Bank have launched digital technologies to make it easier for customers to make payments and do everyday banking tasks.

Nick Bendel -

22 Jan, 2018 -

2 min read

Term Deposits

Many Australians were taken by surprise when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chose to raise the national cash rate by 25 points to 3.85% in May 2023, following a pause the month before.

Mark Bristow -

12 May, 2023 -

3 min read

Cryptocurrency

Australia's "big four" banks remain hesitant to develop retail crypto trading platforms but are pursuing affiliated innovations, such as blockchains and stablecoins.

Peter Terlato -

22 Jul, 2022 -

3 min read