Scammers are targeting Australian bank customers. But there’s one key thing you can’t know
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Scammers are targeting Australian bank customers. But there’s one key thing you can’t know

Partially censored data suggests fraudsters are finding certain banks much easier targets than others.

  • byAisha Dow

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Beware the ‘Microsoft support’ scam – it cost Fran $30,000
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Beware the ‘Microsoft support’ scam – it cost Fran $30,000

Want a chance of getting scam compensation from one of the big banks? There’s one simple rule to follow.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Young renters falling further behind wealthy homeowners

Young renters falling further behind wealthy homeowners

Until the central bank begins cutting the cash rate,the homeownership disparity will stretch,says the head of Bendigo and Adelaide bank.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Old habits are hard to kick for banks. They’re behaving badly – again
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Old habits are hard to kick for banks. They’re behaving badly – again

Six years after the royal commission,there are signs of a re-emergence of poor behaviour. At the very least this looks like conduct slippage.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Bendigo customers eating into buffers but no signs of distress

Bendigo customers eating into buffers but no signs of distress

The country’s fifth-largest banks has seen an uptick in late repayments and a draw down in buffers,even as it posted a record cash earnings result.

  • byMillie Muroi
ANZ’s blockbuster bid for rival bank to go down to the wire

ANZ’s blockbuster bid for rival bank to go down to the wire

As D-Day looms for the Australian banking sector’s biggest proposed deal since 2008,ANZ and Suncorp are trying to persuade regulators that the local industry isn’t a cozy oligopoly.

  • byClancy Yeates
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Westpac starts to see missed payments,more hardship calls

Westpac starts to see missed payments,more hardship calls

The chief executive of Australia’s second-largest mortgage lender says the bank has seen a rise in early-stage delinquencies as interest rates bite.

  • byMillie Muroi
‘Environmentally conscious life’:Green loans boom for Bendigo

‘Environmentally conscious life’:Green loans boom for Bendigo

Green loans to businesses have grown as banks shore up their sustainability credentials,and individuals are increasingly seeking the same.

  • byMillie Muroi
Bendigo CEO says borrowers ‘well positioned’ as rates rise

Bendigo CEO says borrowers ‘well positioned’ as rates rise

Bendigo’s chief executive Marnie Baker says most of its customers are still ahead on their mortgage repayments and it expects a cash rate of about 4 per cent.

  • byClancy Yeates
Suncorp to concentrate on affordable insurance after divesting bank,CEO says

Suncorp to concentrate on affordable insurance after divesting bank,CEO says

The competition watchdog is deciding whether to authorise ANZ’s purchase of Suncorp’s banking arm for $4.9 billion.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
Bendigo CEO warns an ‘even bigger four’ could harm innovation

Bendigo CEO warns an ‘even bigger four’ could harm innovation

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank chief Marnie Baker has queried whether ANZ’s $4.9 billion plan to buy Suncorp’s bank “passes the sniff test”.

  • byClancy Yeates