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Commonwealth Bank

CBA App Requires Excessive Permissions

Using the CBA app now requires that you accept the following permissions: "The information we collect includes your registered devices, the operating system installed, other apps on your …

Hiver Bank

Hiver Saver Rate Is 2.25% (Information for Existing Target Saver Account Holders)

From today (28/03/2024), the Hiver 'Target Saver' is no longer listed on the Hiver website. The 'Hiver Saver' account has taken it's place, offering a measly 2.25%. The …

ubank

ubank Scheduled Payments Are Dissapointing

This is just a PSA for anyone contemplating the use of UBank's scheduled payment system. A transfer that has been scheduled to happen on a given date is sent from your account at midnight on …

ubank

ubank Bonus Interest Requirements

The new UBank tells you if you have met the bonus interest criteria with a green checkmark. Nice. However, I have noticed that until I make the $200 deposit for the month, it says my interest rate …

AMP

AMP Savings Rate Increasing to 4.6%. in May

AMP Saver has been stuck at 4.1% for a while now, but good news, from the 1st May rates will increase to 4.6%. 51 days notice to get ready might be a new record.

ETF (HACK) capital gains when fund has gone backwards?

I'm hoping someone can offer some insight into this for me. I purchased some shares in the HACK ETF around 12 months ago. Since then it has gone down 16.28% and has paid $0 in dividends and …

AMP

AMP getting creative with new Saver Account bonus interest rate rules

AMP are changing the bonus interest rate rules on 1st December 2021. They will now reserve the right to hold interest payments back until the 10th of the month. For me that's a potential loss …

Optus

Best way to test out Optus reception

I get zero bars in my apartment with Boost. I see there is an Optus cell tower closer to me, but would like to test it out before committing to porting my number. I looked at a $2 Sim, but it says …

poll Bluetooth Adapters: CSR Vs Broadcom Chips

Does anyone have any insight into which Bluetooth chipset is the best? I'm looking to connect wireless headphones to my Windows 10 PC and it seems USB adapters/dongles are either CSR based …

eBay Australia

eBay 99c Mega Deals of June 2019

For the privileged amongst us, our 99c Mega Deals are starting to arrive in the post. It was a morning that will surely go down as a highlight of our OzBargain careers. Feel free to share your …

Any Tips on Minimizing Bonus Interest Loss When Withdrawing from Rams Savings Account?

Hi, I would like to move some (~25%) of my Rams savings to another bank that has a better interest rate, however doing this appears to hurt me overall as I would lose the bonus interest on the …

Samsung Galaxy S5+ SM-G901F in Australia

Has anyone had any experience with the S5+ in Australia. I am looking for an S5 and see this isn't much more expensive with a newer CPU. I know some have had problems with the Japanese …

ME Bank

ME Bank Online Savings Account drops to 3.85% (07/02/2015)

Well, ME Bank just moved way down the list of best paying online savings accounts. For those who were also taking advantage of the welcome bonus of 4.1% for the first 4 months, it might now be time …

Abolition of the first home saver accounts (FHSA) scheme

In the 2014-15 Budget, the Federal Government announced the following changes to abolish the first home saver accounts scheme; New accounts created in respect of applications made from 7.30pm, …

Red Energy

Red Energy Contract Rollover Terms

Hi, I am hoping someone has had some experience with this before. My 2 year contract with Red Energy is about to expire. In the mail I have received a letter with the new terms for my account if I do …

ubank

UBank rate assurance ?

To all the folks who keep their savings in a UBank USaver account, I see the base rate has dropped again to 4.91%. Rabo Direct are still offering a base rate higher than UBank's (5.40%).

ubank

UBank USaver rate drops to 6.01%

The UBank USaver rate has fallen again for the second time in 2 months - this time to 6.01%.

ubank

UBank USaver rate drops to 6.11%

Looks like the honeymoon is over :( A .4% drop to coincide with a .25% drop in interest rates. I'm guessing the other groups will adjust their rates too with the RBA announcement.