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Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Best bank accounts for January 2021

As savings accounts and term deposit rates dip below 1 per cent, ensuring you have the most competitive bank account can be a great way to kick off your 2021 financial health check.

Bank Accounts

07 Jan, 2021

2 min read

Best bank accounts for January 2021
Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Start 2021 with a financial checkup

New year, new you, new focus on financial health. Here are a few ways you could look into getting your finances in order in 2021, or in the years to come.

Bank Accounts

31 Dec, 2020

4 min read

Start 2021 with a financial checkup
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Four new year’s financial resolutions to kickstart 2021

Whether you’re struggling with debt, scared to try new things or have kept your finances on autopilot up until now, here are four new year’s financial resolutions to kickstart your 2021.

Bank Accounts

23 Dec, 2020

6 min read

Four new year’s financial resolutions to kickstart 2021
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Bank account boom: what banks are offering to win your business

Banks are fighting for your business and putting generous offers on the table for new transaction account customers.

Bank Accounts

17 Dec, 2020

5 min read

Bank account boom: what banks are offering to win your business
Laine Gordon

Money Editor

Gift cards: The Christmas naughty and nice list

RateCity.com.au has released its annual ‘naughty and nice’ gift card list, as Australians rush to find the perfect last-minute present this Christmas.

Bank Accounts

17 Dec, 2020

5 min read

Gift cards: The Christmas naughty and nice list
Georgia Brown

Personal Finance Editor

Best bank accounts for October 2020

There’s no time like the present to ensure your transaction account is offering you competitive features and minimal to no fees.

Bank Accounts

30 Oct, 2020

2 min read

Best bank accounts for October 2020
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Samsung Pay partners with eftpos when contactless payments needed most

Samsung Electronics Australia has partnered with eftpos to allow contactless transactions to be made through Samsung Pay, via the eftpos network.

Bank Accounts

13 Oct, 2020

3 min read

Samsung Pay partners with eftpos when contactless payments needed most
Alison Cheung

Finance Writer

ME Bank enables Google Pay as shoppers turn away from cash amid COVID-19

ME Bank has switched on Google Pay for its customers who have an Android smartphone or wearable.

Bank Accounts

25 Aug, 2020

3 min read

ME Bank enables Google Pay as shoppers turn away from cash amid COVID-19
Tony Ibrahim

Senior Journalist

Thousands of ATMs removed due to COVID-19 business closures

People may have a harder time pulling out their money as closures brought about by the pandemic have led to thousands of ATM machines being decommissioned. 

Bank Accounts

18 Aug, 2020

3 min read

Thousands of ATMs removed due to COVID-19 business closures
Alison Cheung

Finance Writer

UK fintech Revolut brings new money app down under

Revolut has rolled out a money app in the growing Australian fintech market, which brings together budget management and fee-free money transfers in one app.

Bank Accounts

12 Aug, 2020

4 min read

UK fintech Revolut brings new money app down under
Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Could negative inflation keep rates on hold?

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has recorded the largest fall in Australia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) in its 72-year history, indicating that it may be some time before we start seeing interest rates rise.

Bank Accounts

29 Jul, 2020

3 min read

Could negative inflation keep rates on hold?
Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

The great divide – how COVID is hurting some families and helping others

When it comes to the financial impacts of COVID-19, there are two narratives emerging amongst Australians: those who are being hurt by COVID-19, and those being helped.

Bank Accounts

23 Jul, 2020

7 min read

The great divide – how COVID is hurting some families and helping others

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