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Banking & finance
American Express ordered to fix security gaps after customer was spied on
After a four-year battle, a customer who blew the whistle has been vindicated, but the full details of the case remain secret.
- by Harriet Alexander and Julie Lewis
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Property prices
Two big banks have slashed their house price forecasts. The numbers are hair-raising
The signs are difficult to ignore: an avalanche of sellers, increasing levels of stale stock sitting on property portal shelves, and auction clearance rates wallowing around 50 per cent.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Far-reaching gag order means we will never know how bad security is at AMEX
The privacy commissioner formed a preliminary opinion that American Express was not protecting its customers from insider threats to their security. Then the credit card company’s lawyers got to work.
- by Harriet Alexander and Julie Lewis
Russian billionaires see their empires crumble as Putin seizes assets
The country’s wealthiest business titans are coming under increasing pressure from Moscow.
NSW and Victorian governments put embattled firm KPMG on notice
The NSW government demanded assurance from KPMG that people under investigation as part of a whistleblower scandal are not working on government contracts, while Victoria said it was reviewing contracts with the firm.
- by Millie Muroi, Colin Kruger, Nigel Gladstone and Kieran Rooney
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Many Australians are missing out on their full age pension entitlement – here’s how to fix that.
- by Cameron Bayley
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Down-sized and debt-free: can you retire with a mortgage?
Many people assume it’s best to reach retirement with zero debt, but it’s not the be-all and end-all, according to financial experts.
- by Cameron Bayley
Opinion
Big four
The banks’ rivers of gold are facing another blow
On top of a weakening economy and an energy crisis, banking giants now face a softer market in their most important type of lending: mortgages.
- by Clancy Yeates
Invaded: The billionaire who bought Epstein Island is under siege from trespassers
The latest reports from “Little St. Jeff’s,” the notorious Caribbean hideaway of Jeffrey Epstein, are startling.
- by Sridhar Natarajan and Ava Benny-Morrison
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The checklist that proves you’re ready to retire
Visualising the ‘retirement version’ of you helps to reveal whether the time is right.
- by Cameron Bayley
ASIC was dubbed a ‘watchdog with no teeth’. Has Joe Longo changed it?
The outgoing chair of ASIC says he’s made the regulator more ambitious, pointing to more penalties it has extracted and more investigations launched.
- by Clancy Yeates