“Brutal” share market crash sweeps the globe Share markets in the USA and Europe crashed overnight in the biggest global share sell-off since the Black [...]

Editor’s Pick: Best Car Loan for March 2020. The best car loans feature low comparison rates as well as reasonable fees and rules. “Really low [...]

Is Scott Morrison’s government banning cash? The Morrison government has new proposed cash ban law that makes cash business transactions illegal over a limit of [...]

Home loan market is red hot The number of new home loans approved for owner occupiers rose 17.9% in December 2019, over the previous December, [...]

ANZ cuts floor home loan rate ANZ Bank has decreases its home loan serviceability assessment floor rate from 5.5 per cent to 5.25 per cent. [...]

Western Union vs bank transfer vs PayPal If you have friends or family overseas, you may want to send them money at some point, like [...]

It’s official – there is a bank loyalty tax Older variable rate mortgages typically have higher interest rates than new loans, even when borrowers of [...]

Westpac shareholders launch class action A class action claim has been lodged in the United States District Court on behalf of Westpac shareholders who bought [...]

February’s lowest home loan rates on InfoChoice The lowest home loan rates in Australia are now under 2.50 percent pa with Bank Australia now offering [...]

Big banks set to combine ATM fleets Soon the well-recognised big bank branded ATMs common in all towns and suburbs of Australia will be a [...]

InfoChoice’s new lowest home loan rate* - 2.44% pa More lenders have followed Westpac in slashing home loan rates over the last week. The lowest [...]

ANZ gives $1 million to bushfire victims ANZ Bank have announced a range of support measures including a financial assistance package for communities affected by bushfires. [...]

NAB gives cash to bushfire victims and businesses National Australia Bank is spending $5 million on immediate relief to business and agriculture customers affected by [...]

Is climate change impacting your property value? The number of major natural disasters in Australia has jumped up by 50% over the ten years. “The [...]

First Home Loan Deposit Scheme lenders announced The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation has announced that Commonwealth Bank will join NAB as the second [...]

Citibank raises rates on homeloans Citibank is facing a backlash from politicians and consumer groups after raising rates on homeloans. Citi is the first bank [...]

Christmas shopping scams booming in 2019 Already, before the end of November, more money has been lost online to shopping related scams in 2019 ( [...]

Aussies set to trim spending this Christmas New research from St.George Bank suggests Aussie households are tightening their belts this Christmas with 43% of Aussies [...]

Active borrowers get rewarded with bigger rate cuts Borrowers have given themselves an extra 0.05 percentage points in home loan rate cuts by comparing rates [...]

*Disclaimer: Citi credit card product names have changed effective 20 Jan 2020 as following: Citi Clear Platinum is now Citi Clear; Citi Rewards Platinum is now Citi [...]

Neobank 86 400 opens with $10 cashback 86 400 is a neobank, a completely online bank based on a mobile phone app. 86 400 is [...]

Bank branches are disappearing – fast Almost 10 per cent of bank branches have closed over the last two years. 16 per cent of ATMs [...]

Afterpay threatened by surcharges Shoppers using Afterpay, Zip, Openpay or other Buy Now, Pay Later schemes could be forced to pay a merchant surcharge to [...]

“This is terrible,” Commbank tells customers Commonwealth Bank says almost all missed payments resulting from a computer system outage last Thursday will be completed and [...]

Payday lenders turn $600 into $3K debt Loan sharks and payday lenders selling expensive small loans to vulnerable consumers often reliant on welfare and Centrelink [...]

ASIC takes aim at banks who rely on fine print Product disclosures contained in ‘fine print’ at the bottom of advertisements and promotions for financial [...]

Is Facebook Libra falling apart? eBay, Visa, Mastercard and Stripe have joined PayPal in exiting the Facebook Libra coalition. There are now just two payments [...]

Millions of Aussies are switching banks 2.8 million Australians switched to new banks or financial providers for their home loans, credit cards and transaction accounts in the [...]

Government tells borrowers – vote with your feet The treasurer Josh Frydenberg has again slammed banks for not passing on the full amount of the [...]

Owner occupier rule change hits 100,000 borrowers Around 100,000 Australian home loan borrowers could be hit with interest rate increases on owner occupier mortgages after [...]

RBA expected to cut rates on Tuesday The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to cut official interest rates this week, bringing the leading home [...]

New monthly premium LMI launched Big lenders mortgage insurance provider Genworth announced the launch of a new LMI product not requiring the premium to be [...]

What is a ‘community bank?’ Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has lost its exclusive right to brand itself as a community bank following a ruling in [...]

What are the odds of winning Powerball? The Powerball jackpot this week is the biggest in Australian history at $150 million and one in three [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

13% of Aussies are switching banks Trust in Australia’s banks and the financial services industry has dropped following the Hayne Royal Commission according to the [...]

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 [...]