Big four banks sting home owners with rate rise

The Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 30, 2026

While the country’s five biggest home lenders have passed on the rate rise to borrowers in full, only two also committed to increasing the amount they pay savers.

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Big four banks sting home owners with rate rise

More News

Shares bounce in strongest session since early August

A new route to Europe? How Hawaiian Airlines could forge fresh path for Australians

Larvotto stretches rich NSW gold-antimony zone as tungsten sizzles

Size does matter: KFC is promising bigger, crispier chicken in menu revamp

Broken Hill grabs rich historic goldfields to double SA footprint

Your next phone could take four years to pay off

Aureka drill bit chases 786g/t Vic gold trail at Fiddlers Creek

Malawi export green light keeps Lindian on production path

PLC Resources hits geological sweet spot in emerging WA gold district

Forrestania boosts gold resource at WA hub

Billion-dollar losses but worth $2.9 trillion? The mind-boggling maths of AI

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