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NAB customers cut spending, interest rate peak in sight

NAB customers cut spending, interest rate peak in sight

National Australia Bank has been looking at how its business and personal customers are dealing with rising interest rates, and the news isn't too bad.

NAB biggest emitters will need climate transition plans

NAB biggest emitters will need climate transition plans

NAB biggest emitters will need climate transition plans

NAB biggest emitters will need climate transition plans

Big NAB customers in the fossil fuel sector seeking new or renewed corporate finance from October 2025 will need to have a climate transition plan in place.

Tech hub coins 'second brain' as world depends on code

Tech hub coins 'second brain' as world depends on code

Tech hub coins 'second brain' as world depends on code

Tech hub coins 'second brain' as world depends on code

Programmers need a "second brain" to write code faster to keep up with consumer demands in an economy that's dependent on software for most everyday activities.

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Menacing messages to be targeted by AI banking tool

Menacing messages to be targeted by AI banking tool

Artificial intelligence will be used to identify and flag threatening messages sent to victims' bank accounts, in a tool to be shared with banks worldwide.

Westpac posts $7b profit, launches $1.5b share buyback

Westpac posts $7b profit, launches $1.5b share buyback

Westpac has posted a 26 per cent rise in net profit of $7.2 billion for 2022/23 and released a climate report which will affect lending to farmers.

Investors demand details in sector plans for transition

Investors demand details in sector plans for transition

Australia needs investment-grade climate policy to guide the nation's top industries through a critical phase of decarbonisation, investors say.

Crypto projects still building through bear market

Crypto projects still building through bear market

The Australian co-founder of decentralised finance project Maple Finance says that crypto has been rebounding after several high-profile collapses last year.

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Plan to step up climate investment in vital regions

Plan to step up climate investment in vital regions

Plan to step up climate investment in vital regions

Plan to step up climate investment in vital regions

Super funds and other climate investors have released a plan to help bankroll new industries so workers facing job losses do not shoulder the burden alone.

Youth on YouTube with fries, wearing Cotton On: survey

Youth on YouTube with fries, wearing Cotton On: survey

Youth on YouTube with fries, wearing Cotton On: survey

Youth on YouTube with fries, wearing Cotton On: survey

YouTube retains its crown as a place of belonging and entertainment for Australia's Generation Z, according to this year's YouthInsight survey.

Getting under the world's skin with Aussie 'cosmedics'

Getting under the world's skin with Aussie 'cosmedics'

Getting under the world's skin with Aussie 'cosmedics'

Getting under the world's skin with Aussie 'cosmedics'

The brains behind an emerging beauty empire has become the first woman founder in the Australian Business Growth Fund investment portfolio.

Bank boss tips living costs to ease, defends big profit

Bank boss tips living costs to ease, defends big profit

Bank boss tips living costs to ease, defends big profit

Bank boss tips living costs to ease, defends big profit

Most customers of Australia's biggest bank are well positioned despite a cost of living crisis, its chief says after the company booked a $10.2 billion profit.

Digital wallets crackdown coming under new regulations

Digital wallets crackdown coming under new regulations

Digital wallets crackdown coming under new regulations

Digital wallets crackdown coming under new regulations

The federal government says it's modernising payment systems in Australia by pushing to regulated mobile payments such as Google Pay and Apple Pay.

Suncorp banking chief leaving amid court battle on sale

Suncorp banking chief leaving amid court battle on sale

Suncorp banking chief leaving amid court battle on sale

Suncorp banking chief leaving amid court battle on sale

The chief executive of Suncorp Bank is leaving for wealth manager Colonial First State amid a court battle to sell the group's division to one of the Big Four.

Heat on climate, gender at companies' annual meetings

Heat on climate, gender at companies' annual meetings

Heat on climate, gender at companies' annual meetings

Heat on climate, gender at companies' annual meetings

The annual general meeting season is expected to kick off with a focus on sustainability, remuneration for bosses and votes against all-male boards.

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Comm Bank defends deposit fee hike for businesses

Small businesses will soon be hit with additional charges if they choose to make cash deposits at the Commonwealth Bank.

Bank closures 'sad and frustrating' for rural towns

Junee fought back when the Commonwealth Bank prepared to close the only bank in the NSW Riverina town, an inquiry has been told.

Great Southern banks profit, readies microbusiness move

Great Southern Bank will launch a modern platform for under-served microbusinesses in partnership with Sydney fintech Constantinople this year.

Lithium producer 'almost died' before leading the pack

Mining bosses have been warned to expect more scrutiny from regulators and investors as the critical minerals sector rides out a "tumultuous" period.

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Banks push back on mandates to stay in rural Australia

Increasing branch closures across rural Australia have raised the possibility of forcing banks to operate a minimum number of country outlets.

Banks 'cold and unhelpful' as they desert rural areas

Face-to-face banking is part of the social fabric in Tasmania's regions, which have ageing populations and low levels of literacy, an inquiry has been told.

Need for 'fair dinkum' emission plans, climate literacy

Scrutiny on businesses using carbon credits to meet declared climate commitments is bringing pressure for more ambitious plans to cut emissions.

Regulator taking Westpac to court over hardship cases

The corporate regulator has alleged that between 2015 and 2022 Westpac didn't respond to financial hardship notices from 229 customers.

'Entrenched' fraudster jailed over $1.2 million rort

A fraudster at the centre of a million-dollar scam targeting Telstra and the nation's biggest banks will spend up to six years and five months behind bars.

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Australian companies face mandatory climate reporting as consumers and investors demand information they can trust and action to prevent even higher costs.

Repossessions down but customers are still hurting: NAB

National Australia Bank says while the number of homes it's repossessed has fallen, households are saving an extra $300 a month by cutting down on spending.

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