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  • Business

Easter spend in regional Australia cracks $1 billion

Businesses in regional Australia saw a cracking Easter long weekend with $1.3 billion spent at small and medium sized businesses across the country, new NAB data shows*.

  • 14.04.2023
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  • Agribusiness

Large grain trailers and headers top the list as Agri equipment finance records record year

Finance for large grain and general haulage trailers surged 59% in the bank’s last financial year followed by headers, which jumped 18%, as equipment finance for regional and agribusiness customers continues to grow.

  • 04.04.2023
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  • Cyber Security

NAB introduces payment prompts to help keep customers safe

NAB has today started introducing more proactive prompts to digital banking to help customers identify potential scams and to make sure money is going to the right recipient when they’re making a payment.  

  • 31.03.2023
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  • Business

Businesses invest as Australians say sustainability matters

One in five small and medium business owners strongly intend to improve the sustainability of their business over the next two years, new NAB research shows.

  • 30.03.2023
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  • Executive Team

NAB announces executive changes

Long-serving Group Chief Financial Officer Gary Lennon will retire from the bank on October 1, 2023, with Nathan Goonan to be appointed in an expanded role.

  • 21.03.2023
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  • NAB Foundation

‘Girls on Fire’ backed by NAB

NAB has today announced a partnership with Girls on Fire, a not-for-profit organisation aimed at improving gender diversity and inclusion in the emergency services sector.

  • 18.03.2023
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  • Corporate & institutional

NAB completes world-first with cross-border stablecoin transaction

NAB has completed an intra-bank cross-border transaction using NAB-issued stablecoin, which represents a world-first by a major financial institution on a layer-one public blockchain.

  • 14.03.2023
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  • Business

International acts inject over $20 million into Melbourne businesses

Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran and Snoop Dogg brought in an estimated $21.3 million into local businesses as international acts return to Melbourne, new NAB transaction data shows.

  • 09.03.2023
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  • Media Release

What’s going on in the Australian workforce?

New workplace data from NAB shows the ‘great resignation’ continues, a rising cost of living is ensuring salary is the top focus for jobseekers and men are more likely to ask for a pay rise. 

  • 02.03.2023
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  • Scams

NAB warns of new PayID scam targeting Aussies selling items online

Australians selling unwanted or used items on Facebook, Marketplace, Gumtree and other online websites are being urged to watch out for a new PayID impersonation scam.

  • 27.02.2023
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  • Business

Regional Australia’s $10 billion summer holiday windfall

Regional Australia has benefited from an estimated $10.9 billion in holiday spending according to estimates from Australia’s largest business bank.

  • 17.02.2023
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  • Scams

‘We are never ever getting back together:’ Romance scams on the rise

Aussies looking for love are being warned to remain vigilant for scammers, with NAB insights ahead of Valentine’s Day revealing the bank has seen a 17% increase in the number of romance scams over the past year.

  • 10.02.2023
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  • Interest Rates

Changes to NAB home loan rates

The standard variable NAB home loan interest rate will increase by 0.25% p.a, effective from 17 February 2023.

  • 07.02.2023
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  • Business

Record-breaking Australian Open a boon for Melburnian hospitality

Record-breaking crowds at this year’s Australian Open (AO) have helped inject more than $400 million into Melbourne’s accommodation, hospitality and tourism sectors, new NAB figures show.

  • 02.02.2023
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