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- AI
Many of us pay our bank a ‘lazy tax.’ AI could change this
AI isn’t only a cost-cutting tool for companies to ruthlessly exploit. It could also change the way millions of people behave with their money.
- Clancy Yeates
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- Opinion
- Westpac Banking Corporation
How $44 and an ‘ambiguous’ email caused a credit score nightmare
It’s a timely reminder that if something is on your credit report that you think should not be there, say something and keep at it until the matter is resolved.
- Victoria Devine
‘Dark past’: Why the ABC pulled this Australian Story at the last minute
Court records show Ian Williams, who the ABC had profiled for taking on a big bank, was convicted of indecent assault and served jail time in the 1990s.
- Calum Jaspan
Former ANZ chief Shayne Elliott drops legal action against bank
Elliott was denied $13.5 million in bonuses following a string of regulatory woes at the big four giant.
- Clancy Yeates
- Opinion
- Banking products
The banks’ fight over $285b in ‘free money’ has a lesson for savers
There’s a growing fight between banks to hoover up people’s savings, including a large pile of money that’s earning no interest at all.
- Clancy Yeates
- Updated
- Earnings season
CBA shares rocket as profit beats expectations
Investors in Australia’s biggest bank are cheering after the release of its half-year results.
- Clancy Yeates
- Updated
- World markets
ASX closes higher as miners surge; Tech shares plunge
The Australian sharemarket moved higher as investors piled into mining and energy shares, amid a bounce in commodity prices.
- Staff reporter
- Opinion
- Investing
Australia’s big but unloved companies will test investors’ mettle
For the super fund giants and major overseas investors that load up on only the biggest ASX companies, it’s likely to be slim pickings among the blue chips.
- Elizabeth Knight
The disloyal generation that has banks scratching their heads
Generation Z customers are a growing and critical market for banks, but they are also the most likely to switch to a rival.
- Clancy Yeates
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
The $393 billion crypto craze that could one day threaten banks
Donald Trump is a fan of these digital assets, and some analysts agree they are genuinely useful for moving money and could challenge lending giants.
- Clancy Yeates