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Skills Shortage holding back Australian business

48% of SMEs believe there is a clear skills shortage in their sector.

  • 04.09.2017
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  • Business

SMEs overwhelmed with red tape

While 71% of SMEs still believe Australia is a great place to have a business, just under half feel overwhelmed by the complexity of running a business.

  • 04.09.2017
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  • Business

Australia’s first virtual banker for business customers

NAB is the first bank in Australia to launch a digital virtual banker specifically for business customers, enabling them to receive instant answers and assistance with common banking questions and tasks.

  • 03.09.2017
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  • Agribusiness

NAB awarded “Best Industry Specialisation”

National Australia Bank has been named “Best Industry Specialisation” in the Australian Business Banking Awards* for 2017.

  • 17.08.2017
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  • Business

New unsecured $50,000 financing to help Australian small businesses grow faster

National Australia Bank (NAB) today announced it will be the first Australian bank to offer a complete suite of unsecured, self-service digital financing facilities to help small business customers grow their business faster and easier.

  • 31.07.2017
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  • Business

Andrew Hagger, South Australia Bank Tax

Andrew Hagger
NAB Chief Customer Officer, Consumer Banking and Wealth

As published in the Adelaide Advertiser 30 June 2017.

  • 29.06.2017
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  • Business

From waste product to Aussie icon – Murray River Salt

Recently our chairman Ken Henry visited Mildura customer Murray River Salt to talk about their business, it’s environmental practices and plans for the future.

  • 20.06.2017
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  • Business

NATL enters into agreement with IOOF

NAB announced today that it has entered into an agreement with IOOF to sell its National Australia Trustees (NATL) business.

  • 14.06.2017
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  • Business

NAB and OurCrowd – An Australian first collaboration

NAB today announced an innovative collaboration with Israeli company OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform that will provide NAB clients with direct access to exclusive OurCrowd start-up investments together with domestic and global networks and events.

  • 05.06.2017
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  • Business

Moments that matter: a smile sets the world apart for Australian SMEs

Customer satisfaction matters most for Australian SMEs, with 34 per cent ranking ‘seeing a customer’s smile’ as the most important business moment
SMEs are optimistic, with 73 per cent feeling successful in their own business
Growth and expansion are firmly on the horizon, with 45 per cent intending to expand
SMEs want to expand, but feel the pressure from stiff competition and the burden of red tape and uncertain economic conditions

Customer satisfaction and retention, positive word of mouth and happy employees are the new barometers of success for Australian SMEs, according to a report released today by NAB.

  • 04.06.2017
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  • Business

NAB welcomes FX Global Code of Conduct

National Australia Bank today welcomed the Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct, which was published by the Bank for International Settlements’ Foreign Exchange Working Group last week.

  • 29.05.2017
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  • Business

Open letter to NAB shareholders on the major bank tax

The following letter has been sent to shareholders from NAB Chairman Dr Ken Henry, in relation to the major bank tax:

 

Dear shareholder,

As one of NAB’s valued shareholders, I feel it is important you hear from me directly about the major bank tax announced in the Federal Budget on 9 May and what it will mean for NAB.

  • 22.05.2017
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  • Business

NAB predicts bumper Mother’s Day shopping spree

Australians will hit the shops in record numbers ahead of Mother’s Day, with NAB predicting it will process more than 29 million transactions between today and this Sunday.

  • 12.05.2017
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  • Business

NAB to sell Private Wealth business in Singapore and Hong Kong

National Australia Bank (NAB) agrees to sell its Private Wealth business in Singapore and Hong Kong to Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Bank (OCBC).

  • 11.05.2017
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  • Business

NAB Responds: 60 Minutes story aired Sunday 7th May, 2017

A statement from Michael Hall – General Manager, NAB Business QLD/NT

“We sympathise with the situation that the Maloneys are now in and regret not having researched Mr Prestia before sharing his details with the Maloneys.

  • 07.05.2017
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  • Business

Greater transparency and certainty for small businesses

Small businesses will benefit from commitments by NAB to improve transparency and certainty on loans and to make contracts simpler and easier to understand.

  • 28.04.2017
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