Home loan lenders do battle over consumer protections

Australia’s shareholder banks have been slapped down after calling on customer-owned banks to adopt their new code of ethics.

Double trouble: CBA and ANZ hike mortgage rates

Commonwealth Bank and ANZ have hiked rates for their variable customers today by 0.15 percentage points and 0.16 percentage points respectively.

Virgin Money woos home loan customers with free flights

Virgin Money is offering borrowers tens of thousands of Velocity Points if they take out a Reward Me home loan.

ATO sets the record straight for working deductions

Running up the credit card for things you think you can claim on tax? Depending on your job, you might want to check what’s allowed, says the ATO.

Bank of Sydney paying top dollar for 6-month term deposits

A range of smaller lenders are offering significantly higher interest rates than the big four banks for six-month term deposits.

Big banks offering big balance transfer deals

Three of the big four banks have credit cards with 0 per cent balance transfer offers for at least 18 months, a new market analysis has found.

Phone scammers tricking Australians with very credible cons

There has been a “significant spike” in ‘remote access scams’, with 2018 losses already surpassing 2017 levels, according to the ACCC.

Greater Bank offering 3.59% interest-only loans

There are still a surprising number of lenders offering interest-only rates under 4 per cent, a new study of the mortgage market has found.

Want a personal loan? Smaller lenders want your business

A host of smaller lenders are fighting for market share with some of the cheapest personal loans in Australia.

UBank removes two fees from its USaver Ultra account

UBank is no longer charging USaver Ultra customers overseas ATM fees and foreign exchange conversion fees.