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Commonwealth Bank reports $5.02 billion H1 profit

Australia's biggest bank made $5 billion in profit in the first half, down three per cent from a year ago, but has raised its dividend.

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Qantas tumbles down rankings of Australia’s best brands as Bunnings maintains top spot

Hardware chain tops Brand Finance rankings for strongest brand for third year in a row, with Woolworths, Telstra, Commonwealth Bank and Coles ranked the four most valuable brands

The Guardian - AU

CBA posts $2.5b in 1Q24 profit as arrears stay low

Australia's biggest bank says there was just a modest increase in late payments in the September quarter, despite the impact of higher interest rates.

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Menacing messages to be targeted by AI banking tool

Artificial intelligence will be used to identify and flag threatening messages sent to victims' bank accounts, in a tool to be shared with banks worldwide.

AAP

Interest-free loans to power up demand for clean energy

Interest-free loans on solar panels and batteries will be offered by one major bank in a bid to make renewable energy affordable to more households.

AAP

How Australian companies can fudge their numbers to show social and environmental progress

What’s the easiest way to improve a company’s social and environmental performance? The unfortunate answer, from our analysis of Australian public companies, is to change the way you measure it. In particular, by changing what you said last year to make this year’s performance look better.

The Conversation

Bank boss tips living costs to ease, defends big profit

Most customers of Australia's biggest bank are well positioned despite a cost of living crisis, its chief says after the company booked a $10.2 billion profit.

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A crypto firm sent a disability worker $10m by mistake. Months later she was arrested at an Australian airport

Crypto.com made global headlines for a multimillion-dollar error that went unspotted for months. A court case reveals how it all went wrong

The Guardian - AU

Comm Bank defends deposit fee hike for businesses

Small businesses will soon be hit with additional charges if they choose to make cash deposits at the Commonwealth Bank.

AAP

Bank closures 'sad and frustrating' for rural towns

Junee fought back when the Commonwealth Bank prepared to close the only bank in the NSW Riverina town, an inquiry has been told.

AAP

Deal to drive discount EV loans for Aussie drivers

Australian Tesla buyers will be offered discounted green loans on the vehicle maker's website as part of a deal with the Commonwealth Bank.

AAP

Women’s World Cup fuelled uptick in Australian household spending last month, CommBank data shows

Increase in nominal spending contrasts with other recent surveys showing consumer confidence was languishing at depressed levels

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: CBA makes record profit; Home Affairs’ ChatGPT bungle; and France prepare for Matildas

Australia’s biggest lender posts $10.16bn cash profit even as more of its customers succumb to rising borrowing rates

The Guardian - AU

Union challenges Commonwealth Bank rule that employees must spend half their hours a month in office

Finance Sector Union lodges dispute as mandate to limit working from home scheduled to come into effect 17 July

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Big bank won't leave bush bare by lopping more branches

Commonwealth Bank has committed to no regional closures until 2026, but has flagged more "multi-channel" branches with reduced in-person banking hours.

The Guardian - AU

PM launches byelection campaign – as it happened

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Major Commonwealth Bank outage prevents some customers from accessing accounts

CBA says issue resolved without reporting cause, but advises delay in some payments as services brought back online

The New Daily

Smaller lenders offer savers more than 5 per cent, in contrast to big four

Australians are being urged to consider “breaking up” with the big banks as smaller players rush to pass on higher savings rates.

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The New Daily

Interest rates could hit two-decade high by August as mortgage stress soars

Australians struggling with the highest interest rates in a decade are being warned to expect one or two more mortgage bill hikes.

The New Daily

Commonwealth Bank fined $3.5m for breaching spam laws

The communications watchdog has imposed a record fine on the Commonwealth Bank for sending out millions of marketing emails that breached spam laws.

The New Daily

‘Razor’s edge’: Duelling futures for mortgage bills as RBA mulls June interest rates hike

The RBA will decide this week whether to raise mortgage bills for millions of Australian families again, or deliver a June reprieve and pause interest

ABC News

Money mules are involved in the majority of scam reports, ACCC says

Over a four-hour phone call, scammers gained access to Jenny's computer and transferred $300,000 out of her account. By the time she alerted the bank, it was too late.

The New Daily

Wage data looms as key to another potential interest rates hike

The potential for another painful hike in interest rates is balanced on a knife’s edge ahead of crucial new wages growth data.

The New Daily

‘Line ball’: Experts split as RBA mulls pivotal interest rates call amid rising mortgage stress

Experts are split on whether the Reserve Bank will return to hiking interest rates at its May meeting this week.

The New Daily

Porter Davis owes Commonwealth Bank $33m: Documents

Documents filed with the corporate watchdog show Commonwealth Bank of Australia is owed millions by home builder Porter Davis, which collapsed last month.

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