Ellie McLachlan

Nearly seven months on from its last movement, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board decided to cut the official cash rate by 0.15 percentage points to the record low of 0.10% on Tuesday, 3 November,...

Homestar Finance has jumped the gun ahead of today's cash rate decision and delivered an interest rate cut for new home loan customers looking to refinance. The offer is available for a limited time.

When most of the country was at home under lockdown conditions this year, many of us looked for new ways to save a few extra dollars. New research shows Australians took to baking bread from scratch, doing so for only around $1.30 per loaf.

Choosing a super fund can come down to a combination of low fees, diversity of investment options and asset allocation style.

Missed out on the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme but don't want to pay expensive lender's mortgage insurance? Some lenders are offering discounts on LMI, with one even charging $0.

Afterpay will be able to see your savings and transactional behaviour in a new partnership with Westpac, giving them plenty of data to create a picture of your creditworthiness. Would you bank with them?

Today the bank's savings account interest rates will track even lower, marking the sixth cut to the NetBank Saver in 2020.

NAB's customers reported problems accessing their accounts via mobile and internet banking services on Monday. The nabtrade platform was also down, along with the bank's EFTPOS terminals.

Westpac just reduced its savings account rates even lower, after cutting them only six weeks ago. Consumers may have to cast the net wider from the major banks to earn interest on their hard-earned savings.

Savers continue to absorb the blow of falling interest rates, with a few popular neobanks and one of Australia's largest banks announcing more cuts this week. But there are still higher rates out there for the conscientious saver.