Will you SME my Valentine? Judo Bank posts love letter to small business clients
Love is all around. Just check the pages of Australia's august newspapers, as Judo Bank shares its Valentine's Day wishes to small business customers.
New $100 million system to protect small businesses from dodgy bank transfers
Small businesses and everyday bank customers will soon be shielded from costly scams by a $100 million "confirmation of payee" system, designed to bind a bank account number with the name of its owner.
Court actions by Big Four banks against SMEs ramp up to pre-pandemic levels
The Big Four banks are ramping up their court activity against small businesses as interest rates continue to rise, with legal actions firmly at pre-pandemic levels in October.
Cyber criminals are exploiting out-of-office emails to scam small businesses
Something as simple as including holiday details in your out-of-office email could give cyber criminals an edge over your business, SME experts warn, as the methods used by digital crooks become increasingly advanced.
Square’s payment acceptance comes to Android, promising merchants the ability to sell without extra hardware
Square now allows Australian merchants to accept payments on Android smartphones, extending the reach of the next-generation payments technology on home soil and the offerings of a company synonymous with physical card readers.
“A signal in itself”: Senator Gerard Rennick urges small businesses to speak up about regional bank closures
Lawmakers have urged business owners across regional Australia to respond to a new Senate inquiry on bank branch closures, after the demise of Westpac in the South Australian town of Coober Pedy removed the only bank branch for hundreds of kilometres.
Rural bank branches are a “lifeline”, councils say. Now, a fresh Senate inquiry will investigate mass closures
A Senate committee is set to investigate the consequences of bank branch closures across regional Australia, as communities rail against the decline of in-person financial services.
Small businesses sandbagged across regional Victoria as Echuca residents brace for further flooding
Victorian communities have rallied around small businesses affected by severe flooding, as shopfronts in Echuca brace for the chance of further inundation in the coming days.
ANZ confirms discussions to acquire MYOB, potentially boosting the big four bank’s SME credentials
ANZ has confirmed it is in talks to acquire small business bookkeeping platform MYOB, following media reports the Big Four bank is prepared to spend billions of dollars to boost its offerings to the SME sector.
Volt urges customers to empty their deposit accounts as the neobank pioneer exits the banking sector
Volt on Wednesday confirmed the "difficult decision" to end its deposit-taking functions and return all deposits to its customers.
“Backlog” of business insolvencies will only increase in months ahead, Creditorwatch says
Extremely low insolvency rates through the COVID-19 pandemic mean there is now a "backlog", Creditorwatch CEO Patrick Coghlan says.
ANZ celebrates launch of its digital ‘stablecoin’, putting the bank’s reputation behind a cryptocurrency revolution
ANZ is celebrating Australia’s first bank-backed ‘stablecoin’, which some believe could change how users transfer large sums of money online.
