Bankers Billions come from customers’ savings

This week it is Westpac announcing that it has earned a profit of $6 billion in the half year. That […]

Loan Relief

“Generally, farmers’ confidence in the agriculture sector drives the demand for debt to fund land and capital acquisitions,” a Rural […]

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Turbocharging democracy to protect bank customers!!

As in many things, there is a change in Aussie democracy. Traditionally the government ran the show and the people […]

The Winning Borrower

“The Winning Borrower” by BankWatch founder

“The Winning Borrower”  “I was phoned one day by an IT executive, just after I had spoken to a farmer […]

Watch the bank and watch your Farm Financials?

Measurements On the land we pay a lot of attention to measurements – micron, moisture, calving rate & weight. Yet […]

Banking Industry

Better banking industry for Australians? You bet!!

Banking Industry customers lose In 1987 before bank de-regulation and sale of government banks to private profiteers, CBA made a […]

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Bank Branch Closures

CBA makes $833 million a month, $10 billion a year, 10,000 times what it made in 1987 before our politicians […]

Ferris wheel depicting bank borrowers taken for a ride

Bank Borrowers Taken for a ride

Bank entrapment of borrowers In Chapter 17 of the Code of banking practice the banks undertake to: “If we are […]

Australia’s FAKE Complaints Authority, AFCA

Australia’s FAKE Complaints Authority or  AFCA? John Collett in SMH Money 24 January 2024 highlights problems with 100,000 complaints to […]

Borrow Better with your own “broker”

Voters! members may not be aware that about the same time as we introduced the Votergram service banks were de-regulated […]