871 articles written by Alex Ritchie

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Home Loans

Online lenders challenging the big banks

As the RBA leaves the cash rate on hold, new research has revealed the average home loan customer could save $82K by switching from a big four bank, to a low rate online lender.

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Bank Accounts

CBA agrees to $700m penalty

CBA have come to an agreement with AUSTRAC to pay a $700 million penalty relating to serious breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.

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Credit Cards

Big weekends' cause of most lost credit cards

Planning a big one this weekend? You might want to triple check your credit card is still in your wallet, as 8am Monday morning is the most common time for Aussies to report their card as lost or stolen.

/budget-holiday-overspending-costing-aussies-4-6-billion
Credit Cards

What budget? Holiday overspending costing Aussies $4.6 billion

Treating yourself while on holiday may be one of life’s small joys, but breaking the holiday budget is costing Aussies a collective $4.6 billion a year.

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Superannuation

Employers who haven't paid employees super granted amnesty

Employers who’ve failed to pay their employees superannuation have been granted a 12-month amnesty by the Turnbull Government to fork over the unpaid cash without facing late penalties.

/banks-ramp-credit-card-repayment-plans
Credit Cards

Banks ramp up credit card repayment plans

Banks are ramping up credit card repayment plans following the lightening success of Afterpay, with Australia’s biggest bank, Commonwealth also due to launch a repayment offering in coming weeks.

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Superannuation

Almost half of Aussie men want same parental leave as women

When it comes to our attitudes and behaviours around paternity leave, it appears dads feel as if they’re being forgotten, according to Commonwealth Bank research into the nation’s views on parental leave.

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Home Loans

Top 10 regions Aussies are moving to

They say the grass is always greener, and for the growing number of Aussies making the move out of capital cities this might just be a few kilometres outside of them.

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Savings Accounts

Travel is Australia's favourite way to spend

Daydreaming about your next holiday? You’re not alone, as new research has found that travel is the number one activity Australians want to spend their cash on.

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Bank Accounts

Bendigo Bank customers most satisfied in Australia

Roy Morgan research has found customer satisfaction with the banks in the six months to March 2018 was at 80.9 per cent, down 0.1 percentage points from February.