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Around 100,000 owner-occupier home loan borrowers have been reclassified as investors. The change means they could be hit with higher interest rates in the future. [...]
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Big banks cut savings rates ANZ Bank has cut savings account interest rates by 0.10 per cent. Westpac announced a cut of 0.10 per cent [...]
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ING Savings Maximiser cuts maximum interest rate ING Australia have announced to their customers that the Savings Maximiser bonus rate is being cut from today, [...]
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ASIC appeals “Wagyu and Shiraz” ruling The corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has lodged an appeal against a Federal Court decision in [...]
A new Aussie bank opens its (mobile) doors Sydney-based Xinja Bank has begun marketing transaction accounts to customers after securing a full banking licence from [...]
Westpac takes axe to home loan rates Westpac has entered the home loan rate cutting war by announcing some extraordinary low rates for first home [...]
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Sydney and Melbourne lead home price turnaround Average home prices in Australian capital cities rose during August, for the first time since August 2017, according [...]
New Aussie bank taking deposits from tomorrow Australia’s newest business bank, Judo Bank, is opening for deposits with a line of competitively priced term products [...]
Borrowers are not finding the cheapest home loans “We believe that some consumers are likely taking out loans when cheaper alternatives exist,” said the latest [...]
Older Aussies still repaying the mortgage Average mortgage debt among older Australians, over 55 years, has soared from $27,000 to more than $185,000, according to [...]
Car loan rates crash to under 5% Peer-to-peer lender RateSetter has dropped its car loan interest rates. RateSetter’s new advertised rates start from 4.69 per [...]
New bank 86 400 is now up and running Neo bank 86 400 is offering services to the public just five weeks after securing a [...]
MyState expands out of heartland MyState is now selling more loans and financial products outside of Tasmania than within its home state. MyState now offers [...]
Not everyone likes the new Commbank app The Commonwealth Bank’s new app, CommBank app 4.0 is being hailed as a transformative step on the road [...]
PayID hacked and customer data leaked An unnamed credit union has suffered a security breach and has lost “a number of PayID records and associated [...]
RBA demands banks deliver real-time payments The Reserve Bank has issued a firm warning to the big banks that they will face huge fines unless [...]
Citi credit cards get a Buy Now Pay Later option Citi Australia cardholders will get the option of paying for goods from big online retailer [...]
New Westpac loan rules in effect tomorrow Westpac has announced new loan rules that come into effect tomorrow for all new Westpac, St George, Bank [...]
One debt collector is the king of bankruptcy The Financial Counsellors association, the Consumer Action Law Centre and the Financial Rights Legal Centre are all [...]