Finance News - October 31st ME Bank outage leaves some customers locked out of online accounts on payday Another payday, another banking outage. A bank that operates totally online is currently unable to provide mobile and internet banking services to some of its customers. ME Bank told customers on Twitter mid-morning on Thursday that...
Home Loans - October 24th Applying for a home loan for an apartment Buying an apartment can be more affordable than a house but is it harder to get a loan? We take a look at some of the criteria lenders may take into account.
Finance News - October 18th ACCC to investigate home loan pricing: What we already know The latest investigation into home loan prices is expected to reinforce the not-so-new news that you need to shop around for the best deal – and work out why many consumers don't. Australia's banks are about...
Finance News - October 14th Rate probe: Banks to cop grilling over home loan prices If you are one of the millions of home loan customers wondering why your bank’s interest rates are still higher than their competitors, take heart – answers may soon be forthcoming. A frustrated Australian government has...
Finance News - October 4th Big four banks’ interest rate cuts criticised: How much will you save on your home loan? The big four banks are lowering some of their home loan rates since the cash rate cut, so how much better off are you now? Canstar data shows which customers received the biggest monthly saving. However, there's...
Finance News - October 4th RBA cash rate cut: Where can you find home loans with interest rates below 3%? How low can interest rates go in Australia? Since Tuesday's cash rate cut, to a new record low of 0.75%, customers can now find more home loans with an advertised interest rate below 3% on variable or...
Finance News - October 2nd October 2019 cash rate cut: Has Westpac cut interest rates? All four of the nation’s biggest banks have now cut their home loan interest rates, in the wake of the Reserve Bank’s decision to slash the cash rate to 0.75%. How much did Westpac cut its...
Finance News - October 2nd Has National Australia Bank reduced home loan interest rates? Australia’s official cash rate was cut to 0.75% on Tuesday, setting off a wave of interest rate changes from a number of banks. What did National Australia Bank do? National Australia Bank sent out a media...
Finance News - October 1st Cut to the chase - RBA rate cut econo-speak decoded As the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) makes yet another cut to the official cash rate, Aussies are bracing themselves for a further blizzard of financial and economic jargon in the news, as phrases like ‘macroprudential measures’...
Finance News - October 1st RBA cash rate cut: But will your lender pass on the home loan rate relief? Some lenders have already passed on today's full cash rate cut to their customers. But most banks will resist further rate cuts for borrowers, one research group has warned. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Board...