Debit cards
Analysis
Analysis
Westpac offers debit cards to eight-year-olds in youth banking push
Children as young as eight are being offered a physical debt card in an effort by Westpac to improve their financial literacy.
- by John Collett
Latest
Why are more businesses charging extra to pay by card?
More businesses are now placing surcharges on all card payments, while they were previously only common on credit cards.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Holidays
My complete solution for managing your money while travelling
These days it’s a choice between credit cards and debit cards – and you need an armoury of these to cater for whatever may come your way.
- by Noel Whittaker
Online shopping, data hacks and organised criminals fuel 36 per cent rise in card fraud
Australians lost a record $677.5 million to payment fraud in the 2023 financial year, prompting yet more warnings against phishing scams.
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
Opinion
Doing an annual audit of your debit-card statements can save you money
Doing an annual audit on your debit-card statements is a bit like moving house. It forces you to look every item and ask yourself “do I really need this”?
- by Joel Gibson
Apple Pay, Google Pay, you pay: RBA raises virtual wallet competition concerns
RBA governor Philip Lowe says there is a case for changes to laws governing our payments system as technology provides benefits and drawbacks.
- by Shane Wright
Fingerprint payments to be 'commonplace' within a year: Visa
Shoppers will soon be able to take a scan of their thumbprint or face to authorise a credit card purchase, instead of entering a PIN.
- by Clancy Yeates