Bank Accounts News
The latest bank accounts news and tips
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Tax deadline looms tomorrow
Haven�۪t filed your tax yet? You have a day to make it happen, or get yourself as a client of a registered tax agent to escape potential penalties.
Bank Accounts
30 Oct, 2018
3 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
NAB demos face security for Australian ATMs
That bank card of yours may be getting the chop sooner than you think, as NAB shows off an ATM that uses your face to recognise your bank account.
Bank Accounts
24 Oct, 2018
2 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
New fashionable fintech letting Aussies "tap-and-go" with their gym towels
Westpac has announced the launch of Censitive Objects; a designer range of “wearable accessories” that allows Aussies to tap-and-go with their everyday fashion.
Bank Accounts
12 Oct, 2018
2 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Volt, PayPal join forces for shared accounts
Neobanking could be within reach of more than just the early adopting Australians when Volt launches next year with PayPal account details.
Bank Accounts
10 Oct, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
Digital bank Up turns, well, up
Australians have another choice in the banking world, as a digital only cloud-based bank "Up" launches across the nation this week.
Bank Accounts
09 Oct, 2018
2 min read
Bria Horne
Personal Finance Writer
"Unacceptable delays" in financial breach reporting, says ASIC
Australia's financial institutions are in the wrong, as ASIC cites "serious and unacceptable delays" for identifying and correcting breaches of the law.
Bank Accounts
01 Oct, 2018
3 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
Westpac, Siri come together for spoken iPhone banking
iPhone owners have probably asked Siri for directions once or twice, but if they’re also Westpac customers, they can now get Siri involved in online banking.
Bank Accounts
22 Sep, 2018
2 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
ANZ gives power of ATM cards to smartphones, smartwatches
ANZ customers already get access to pretty much every smartphone wallet under the sun, and now they can do something else: give you physical cash.
Bank Accounts
18 Sep, 2018
2 min read
Alex Ritchie
Personal Finance Editor
Goodbye credit cards: smartphone payments increase popularity
An increasing number of Australians are ditching their wallets at the checkout and opting more and more for smartphone payments, according to research from Commonwealth Bank.
Bank Accounts
17 Sep, 2018
2 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
ATO using tech to pay refunds and catch cheats
The Australian Taxation Office has used new analytics and data-matching technology to increase the speed and accuracy of its tax assessment process.
Bank Accounts
09 Sep, 2018
2 min read
Mark Bristow
Personal Finance Editor
New $50 notes to hit streets in mid-October
Get your wallets ready for a fresh batch of the folding stuff – Australia’s new $50 notes are rolling out from 18 October 2018, as part of a strategy to foil counterfeiters.
Bank Accounts
06 Sep, 2018
3 min read
Nick Bendel
Property & Personal Finance Writer
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.
Bank Accounts
27 Aug, 2018
2 min read
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