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One of Australia's largest lenders has hiked interest rates across a number of its credit cards by 0.25 percentage points. Westpac has made changes, effective from today, to purchase rates and cash advance rates across its suite of...

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All sectors rose last week to drive the Australian share market higher, with casino operator Crown Resorts among the leaders in share price gains. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.14% to 6,251 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index...

The Australian share market closed flat last week after pulling back from a six-month high, partly due to federal election uncertainty. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 edged 0.02% higher at 6,181 points, while the broader All Ordinaries...

Superannuation industry groups have accused the Government of failing to address the gap between women and men's retirement savings. Industry Super Australia’s Deputy Chief Executive Matthew Linden says men retire with about 40% more super than...

Are you on the hunt for a financial product that could improve your daily life? Canstar has revealed some notable financial innovations in Australia that may be what you’re looking for. Every year we invite Australian...

The Australian share market ended last week lower after it was unable to recover from last Monday's steep fall linked to global growth concerns. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.23% to 6,181 points, while the broader...

ANZ has reduced the number of frequent flyer points its credit card customers can earn, while three Westpac-owned banks will lift a range of credit card interest rates. Changes to minimum spend and points earned will...

Digital bank ING has made a series of home loan rate cuts and hikes that affect mainly new customers. From today, a number of ING investor and owner-occupier home loans with a variable rate will be lowered...

Rallies from the big miners and health care stocks helped lift the Australian share market last week. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.33% to 6,195 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 0.25% to close...

The Bank of Queensland has rolled out a number of new home loan discounts that will deliver small rate cuts for some existing customers. From today, the bank has cut rates across its discounted two and three-year fixed standard...

Weakness across the major banks and some heavyweight health stocks contributed to the Australian share market's falls last week. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.45% to 6,175 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 0.35%...

Bendigo Bank says its online banking is back up and running after an "unexpected outage" had left some customers out of pocket for more than 24 hours. The bank said on X that the blackout was...

Bendigo Bank says its online banking is down due to an "unexpected outage", leaving some customers unable to pay for fuel at the petrol station. Just after 5am today, the bank told customers its ebanking services were unavailable...

The Federal Government has introduced a new tiered system of private hospital insurance which will begin rolling out from 1 April, 2019. Under this new system health funds will have to classify hospital policies into four tiers...

The share market edged higher last week thanks partly to strength from major retail and health stocks, despite overseas markets falling on global growth concerns. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.19% to 6,204 points, while the...

The Federal Government has introduced a new tiered system of private hospital insurance which will begin rolling out from 1 April, 2019. Under this new system health funds will have to classify hospital policies into four tiers...

The Reserve Bank is content with keeping the cash rate on hold, in contrary to the busy mortgage market where a flurry of lenders have been recently lifting and cutting home loan interest rates. The RBA board...

The local share market closed higher last week, thanks mainly to gains across the health care, financials and retail-related consumer discretionary sectors. In the final week of the February reporting season, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished...

Woolworths has upped the collectibles stakes by offering shoppers a chance to win a trip to Disneyland, in a move that's expected to give customers a similar dopamine rush to what smokers get when they light up. And it's...