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Australians hopping online and shopping big

May 28, 2019

The number of Australians jumping online to shop continues to increase, with new research from Australia Post showing the total online spend in 2018 topped $27.5 billion, a 24 per cent increase for the year.

Australian wealth managers need to digitise and differentiate

May 23, 2019

Wealth management relationships in Australia are undergoing a significant period of change with 40% of wealth management clients nationally planning to switch providers in the next three years, according to the EY 2019 Global Wealth Research report. This increase in switching is being driven by…

Overhaul of bank staff pay on track to meet Royal Commission deadline

Mar 14, 2019

The banking industry welcomes a new independent report by former Public Service Commissioner Mr Stephen Sedgwick AO, which has found that banks are on track to meet their 2020 deadline to overhaul staff pay, a critical issue highlighted by the Royal Commission, while also noting…

Changes to communications landscape accelerating

Feb 18, 2019

Australians’ ever-increasing appetite for data-hungry video services is transforming the communications landscape.

Time for banks to show they have actually changed

Feb 5, 2019

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell noted the Commissioner’s acknowledgement that the Australian Banking Association (ABA) Code of Banking Practice is ‘the chief protection for small business borrowers’ and welcomes the strengthening of the code with enforceable code provisions. A breach…

Trend unemployment rate at 5.0%

Jan 24, 2019

Australia’s trend unemployment rate remained steady in December 2018 at 5.0 per cent, from a revised November 2018 figure, according to the latest information released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).