Finance News - February 6th CBA follows Westpac announcing boost for savers, but beware the fine print CBA has announced it will increase its savings rates by up to 0.25 percentage points from Friday, February 13.
Finance News - February 5th Westpac the first big bank to announce hikes for savers Westpac has today announced it will increase its savings rates by up to 0.25, effective 13 February – four days before its home loan rate changes kick in.
Finance News - February 4th Westpac, NAB, and ANZ join CBA by hiking variable rates, but stay quiet on savings
Finance News - February 3rd RBA hikes cash rate as inflation refuses to behave The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has raised the official cash rate to 3.85% at its February 2026 meeting.
Finance News - January 30th Mortgage market hits a fresh high yet ANZ edges backwards While the mortgage market hit another record high of $2.43 trillion in December, ANZ’s home lending volumes went slightly backwards.
Finance News - January 23rd NAB the second big bank to hike fixed rates in 2026 as lenders pre-empt cash rate decision
Finance News - January 15th CBA hikes send some fixed rates to the sixes, Macquarie joins in with rate increases
Finance News - January 15th Credit card customers headed for interest pain as November spending hits record highs Australians put a new record of $30 billion on their credit cards in November 2025. Find out more with Canstar.
Finance News - January 14th Check-out this fee: Woolies adds surcharge to pick-up and delivery orders
Finance News - January 7th Cooling inflation tempers case for a hike, but final decision hangs on next CPI
Finance News - January 7th New prices, policies and potential cash rate hikes – what 2026 has in store
Finance News - January 6th The $87 billion time bomb: how to defuse credit card debt before your interest bill implodes