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'Prepare for more interest rate pain'

RISING house prices and credit demand could sway the RBA to lift its official cash rate next week.

Top ways to cut your bank fees

A FEW simple changes to your banking habits can add up to big savings, write David and Libby Koch.

Want a 100pc mortgage? Not likely

INQUIRIES for 100 per cent home loans have surged 250 per cent since the Federal Government's more generous first home owners grant ceased at the end of last year.

Two men charged over ATM free-for-all

YOUNG men charged over bank debacle that allowed people to withdraw more money than was in their accounts.

Costly toll tipped for big bank rivals

THE price war erupting in Australia's mortgage market is helping consumers but threatens to hit profitability in the banking industry.

'Routine maintenance' triggers CBA glitch

COMPUTER malfunction blamed after bank customers left unable to access electronic funds and BPAY.

CBA under loan pressure before bank war

GROWTH in the Commonwealth Bank's mortgage business tumbled in the weeks preceding the industry's bitter stoush.

Big bank loans not the best deals

CONSUMERS can expect more seductive offers from the warring big four banks as competition heats up.

CBA fires home loan salvo

CBA has fired the biggest salvo yet in the home loan wars, launching a fee-free standard mortgage at a rate of just 7.24 per cent.

New front in big-four bank war

THE Commonwealth Bank is planning to attack NAB's business customer base.

CBA, Westpac strike back in banking war

THE bitter war engulfing Australia's banking industry has dramatically escalated in a rare boon for home buyers and businesses.

Is this the greediest ATM in Australia?

MACHINES at popular beachside pub process 11,000 transactions a month at $2 a pop - $22,000 a month or $264,000 a year.

Consumers win as big banks declare war

IT'S the news mortgage-holders have been waiting for: the first signs of a competition war between the big banks.

Now NAB turns to ANZ in banking fight

BANK has cranked up its battle with rivals banks another notch, this time claiming its customers have saved $150 million over those at ANZ.

NAB gets Kelly keen to enter fray

WESTPAC has signalled that the group will staunchly resist National Australia Bank's home loan onslaught.

NAB' to launch online mortgage

NATIONAL Australia Bank is set to start selling low-cost home loans through its online business UBank.

Westpac cuts fees as NAB declares war

NATIONAL Australia Bank calls off relationship with major lenders as Westpac follows rival's example by scrapping hated exit fees.

NAB's exit fee plan triggers mortgage war

BANK'S aggressive move to poach customers from rivals set to spark raft of cheap home loan deals as big four battle for business.

Bank chief sounds warning on fee hike

NAB chief claims that political pressure to shake up the Australian banking industry would be bad for customers.

Which big bank is our favourite?

CUSTOMER satisfaction with the big four has waned since last year but one still gets the thumbs up.

ASIC backs portable bank accounts

BANK accounts as portable as mobile phone numbers are a "very good idea" that would promote banking competition.

Access to credit just got harder

ACCESS to credit has become more difficult with enforcement from this week of new laws that demand greater scrutiny of borrowers from credit card, mortgage and personal loan providers.