What Were The Top Scams Last Year?
Everyone knows that if someone emails you claiming to be royalty in a faraway country and asking for money, you click delete. However it seems people aren’t nearly as wise to many other scams, with...
View ArticleGood online banking service = happy customers
When it comes to being happy with our chosen financial institution the online service offered can make a big difference; recent Canstar Blue research found that while 59% of customers surveyed use a...
View ArticleWhat does the future hold?
The future, it seems, is fleshy. With security constantly at the top of online banking’s priority list, it turns out eye scans and fingerprint recognition aren’t solely the domain of James Bond....
View Articlebankmecu offering great online functionality
Each year CANSTAR research and rate the online banking offerings of Australia’s financial institutions. This year’s winner of the Customer-owned Best Online Banking award is bankmecu, thanks to a great...
View Article“My Spend” a popular new service
Each year CANSTAR analyse the online banking services offered by Australia’s financial institutions. Taking the coveted award for Best Online Banking Australia for the fifth year in a row is...
View ArticleParents online more often than children
For years the ever-suffering teenager has been plagued by never-ending pleas from their parents to get off the internet; to briefly forgoe Facebook in favour of family time, or something similar....
View ArticleWhat is a digital wallet?
Digital wallets have been around and in usage for many years, but recently major companies such as Google, Visa, and Mastercard have been bringing them to the forefront of the commerce sector by...
View ArticleMobile phones won’t replace your bank cards…yet.
Researcher and Vice President Australia at the Global Institute for Cyber Security and Research, Craig S Wright, rewired and encoded a glove to function using near field communication (NFC) technology....
View ArticleApple Pay heralds a new, safe era of cashless convenience
By David Tuffley, Griffith University Mobile payment systems have been around for years without gaining much traction, but this might be about to change with the release of the iPhone 6’s Apple Pay....
View ArticleBanking at the touch of a finger…
With near field communication (NFC) becoming increasingly popular (even before the recent unveiling of Apple Pay), as well as the multitude of banking apps available, it’s not surprising that...
View ArticleThe costs that shock
Cost of living is top of mind in many Aussie households and customer satisfaction research and ratings business, Canstar Blue, has surveyed more than 2,600 consumers to find out just which household...
View ArticleWill you be shopping in store this Christmas?
Online shopping is steadily growing as an industry, but around this time of year we see stores constantly full of people doing their Christmas shopping. So do our shopping habits favour in-store buying...
View ArticleOnline Shopping Tax: Yes or no?
A new report by the Institute of Public Affairs (No to the GST attack: Why the exemption for online purchases must stay), argues that putting a GST on low-value imports will not help Australian...
View ArticlePasswords: put more effort into it
Despite plenty of constant publicity around the importance of keeping your banking details safe, it seems that we’re just not getting the message – at least when it comes to setting a strong password....
View ArticleOnline money tools to keep in mind
It’s stating the obvious to say that the internet is transforming our lives, influencing what we do and how we learn in almost every aspect of day to day life. One area of day to day life where the...
View ArticleOnline Banking Awards – June 2015
IN THIS REPORT: Once you start banking through your trusty desktop computer or mobile phone, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. There are so many advantages to organising your finances online...
View ArticleBanking online: What’s our weapon of choice?
When it comes to being happy with our chosen financial institution the online functionality makes a difference.
View ArticleBanking online? Some tips to stay safe
Where there’s money, there’s temptation for thieves and fraudsters. Banks protect your accounts with sophisticated software systems which track suspicious transactions.
View ArticleOnline Banking: Customers now have even higher expectations
Commonwealth Bank wins CANSTAR Bank of the Year - Online banking award
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