Calls to protect the vulnerable from ‘buy now,pay later’ schemes

Calls to protect the vulnerable from ‘buy now,pay later’ schemes

Cash-strapped Australians are chalking up debt by shopping with the promise of being able to pay later.

  • byNina Hendy

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The digital age is a pay-day lenders'feast
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The digital age is a pay-day lenders'feast

In the vision presented in the marketing,pay-day lending is no longer for the desperate. It’s in fact a perfectly normal part of aspirational living.

  • byJenny McAllister
Perth multi-millionaire facing US extradition has bid for bail refused
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Perth multi-millionaire facing US extradition has bid for bail refused

Perth multi-millionaire Zhenya Tsvetnenko,in prison facing extradition to the United States over an alleged text message scam,has had his bail application refused due to concerns he is a flight risk.

  • byPhil Hickey&Heather McNeill
Millennials turn to apps for a different way to invest their money

Millennials turn to apps for a different way to invest their money

A start-up allowing Australians to trade on the NYSE in the blink of an eye has seen their user numbers explode by more than 1200 per cent in the past year.

  • byMatt Bungard
Chore wars:should children be paid for household tasks?

Chore wars:should children be paid for household tasks?

Belinda Beck pays her children to do household chores,but some experts argue it may encourage a sense of entitlement.

  • byAndrew Taylor
CBA and ANZ caught in fake banking apps scam
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CBA and ANZ caught in fake banking apps scam

Thousands of banking customers have been caught in a fake banking app scam,prompting questions about Google Play’s app authentication process.

  • byNina Hendy
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CBA customers left frustrated after Commbank app fails

CBA customers left frustrated after Commbank app fails

The phone banking app has been down for two hours,but the bank says people can still use Netbank to do their banking online.

  • byJenny Noyes
Afterpay tightens ID checks,caps late fees as regulator eyes sector

Afterpay tightens ID checks,caps late fees as regulator eyes sector

Afterpay's business is booming,but it is taking steps to ease fears that its'buy now,pay later'app could prove to be a debt trap.

  • byJohn Collett
Australia lags on digital banking revolution:Oracle survey
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Australia lags on digital banking revolution:Oracle survey

Would you be prepared to give a relatively unknown business access to your financial data if it meant getting a better deal?

  • byClancy Yeates
Before and after (pay):fintech firms target fragile self esteem

Before and after (pay):fintech firms target fragile self esteem

Personal finance expert Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon answers your questions.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Use fintech apps to grow your wealth
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Fintech

Use fintech apps to grow your wealth

Fintech apps can help you manage your money - but make sure you're investing in diversity,not algorithms that entrench inequality.

  • byCatherine Robson