Finance

The Westpac Group will close 24 branches, CBA will close five and the NAB will close eight banks, the Finance Sector Union says.

The journey to single touch payroll phase two has been full of delays, but the deadline for switching it on is looming.

A plan to move the ASX's computer system onto the blockchain has blown out to nearly a decade, and is coming in at $200 million more than budgeted.

Cigno is exactly the sort of business the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) had in mind when it asked for stronger pow…

Cult gelato chain Gelato Messina has once again informed customers of a price hike, hoping an up-front explanation of mounting inflationary pressures won't leave a bad taste in consumers' mouths.

There were 228 reports of imposter bond scams between January and June, compared with 82 reports in the same period last year, Scamwatch revealed on Wednesday.

Last night Up launched its pop-up store on Swanston St in Melbourne's CBD to promote Maybuy, and give 'Upsiders' a chance to win back money for purchases they regret.

If the Productivity Commission really wants to link productivity to higher wages, it should look at the market power of corporations, says Bernard Keane.

In an email to customers on Monday, Afterpay said it was “aware of recent increases in fraudulent phishing text and email activity” across the industry.

Why did the Reserve Bank just hike its cash rate by an out-sized 0.50 percentage points for the third consecutive month, taking it to 1.85%? Partly because it knows what is to come.

The Productivity Commission’s interim report said the service sector accounts for 80% of output and 90% of employment in Australia.

Five-time AFR Rich Lister Jack Delosa shares his entrepreneurial setbacks, and how others can weather the economic downturn themselves.