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Cargill, Agrocorp, Rabobank Team Up For Blockchain-powered Agricultural Trade

American agricultural giant Cargill teamed up with Singapore-based agri-commodity trader Argocrop International and Dutch financial services company Rabobank to complete a $12 million intercontinental agricultural trade transaction using blockchain technology. The transaction between the global agriculture supply chain partners took place in five days amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.




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How The Bank Of America Is Dealing With The Coronavirus Crisis

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Brian Moynihan, the Bank of America CEO, about banks raking in fees from the Paycheck Protection Program.




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European Economics Preview: Bank Of England Rate Decision Due

The outcome of the monetary policy committee meeting of the Bank of England and the monetary policy report are due on Thursday, headlining a busy day for the European economic news. Policymakers are likely to unanimously vote to hold the benchmark interest rate at 0.10 percent and quantitative easing unchanged at GBP 645 billion.




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Bank Of England Maintains Stimulus; Signals More Easing

The Bank of England maintained its key interest rate at a record low and refrained from unveiling additional quantitative easing, on Thursday, as the economic outlook remains uncertain due to the impact of the coronavirus, or Covid-19, pandemic. However, Governor Andrew Bailey kept the door open for further easing as the economy is set to contract the most in more than 300 years due to the lockdo




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Should States Be Allowed To Declare Bankruptcy?

States are in dire financial trouble because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some Republican leaders in Washington D.C. have suggested states declare bankruptcy, but is that a possible option?




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Japan Services Index Plummets In April - Jibun Bank

The services sector in Japan continued to contract in April, and at a much more severe rate, the latest survey from Jibun Bank revealed on Friday with a record-low services PMI score of 21.5.




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Ms Banks

The Ms Banks interviewed at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2019 at Camden’s Roundhouse before taking to the stage on September 3rd 2019.




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JC Penney to file for bankruptcy: sources

JC Penney Co Inc is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as next week with plans to permanently close about a quarter of its roughly 850 stores, becoming the latest major US retailer to succumb to fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, according to people familiar with the matter.




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Banks trying to lock up your loan

It seems that banks and other lenders are doing their best to lock in our mortgages.




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Canterbury Bankstown Council sets sights on three-dimensional crossings to improve road safety

Three-dimensional zebra crossings have turned up in Iceland, England and even the tiny outback town of Boulia in Queensland and now one Sydney council is exploring whether it could join the trend.




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Regional ANZ customers 'disgusted' and 'furious' over loss of Bank@Post services

ANZ customers can no longer utilise banking services at their local post offices after the bank failed to reach an agreement with Australia Post on their Bank@Post service.




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Story Bank Maryborough



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Mary Poppins memorabilia at Maryborough Story Bank



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Carmel Murdoch at Story Bank



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Carmel Murdoch at Story Bank



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Story Bank of Maryborough



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Bank invests in stories to celebrate Mary Poppins author in regional Queensland

A former bank that was the birthplace of Mary Poppins creator P.L. Travers has been converted into a museum in Maryborough, Queensland, where it is hoped it will prove a drawcard for tourists.



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Bank of Queensland, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank sued by ASIC over 'unfair' contracts

The corporate regulator is taking the Bank of Queensland (BOQ) and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to court for imposing "unfair" contract terms on their small business customers.




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WA Police charge man over ATM card skimming after $100,000 scammed from bank accounts

Police say card-skimming devices fitted to two Perth ATMs allowed scammers to steal tens of thousands of dollars from the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims, with a 32-year-old Estonian man charged.




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Big week for banks

It’s ‘reporting season’ - where the ANZ, Westpac and NAB announce six month results. And in this year of economic crisis, those results were always going to be significant. The big banks are increasingly seen as economic bellwethers. Their fate tells us a lot about how everyone else might be going.





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Aerial footage of apparent dead fish along banks of Lake Pamamaroo

Authorities have confirmed it's likely there's been a mass die-off of fish in Western New South Wales




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Foodbank says there has been a big increase in people seeking help in regional WA this year

The charity food provider, Foodbank, says there has been a big increase in middle class people seeking help in regional WA this holiday period.




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Dwindling Darling River's banks come to life with Indigenous dancers expressing anger and hope

Indigenous dancers from three states gather on the banks of the Darling River to honour a waterway that's underpinned their cultures for millennia.




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I've got 43 cents in my bank account. Why would I care who becomes the next premier?

Six months out from Queenslanders heading to the polls to elect the next state government, coronavirus has cast a shadow over the entire process as families and businesses struggle to survive — will anyone care who the next premier is?




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Breast milk bank issues call-out to build reserve for emergencies

Mother's Milk Bank is hoping four mothers in every 100 can donate breast milk to help build a reserve for emergency events like fire, drought, floods, and now a global pandemic.




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Grand banks given new lives as museums, homes and guesthouses after regional branches close

Australia's colonial banks are given new lives as bank branches close across regional Australia.




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Banks putting mortgage payments on hold amid coronavirus

At least 1 million Australians are facing unemployment as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, and those with a mortgage are particularly worried. Here's some information on what the big four banks are doing.




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Southbank construction workers injured in cement truck pump explosion

A cement truck cleaning pump explodes on a construction site at Southbank, spraying four men with concrete and smashing the window of a passing car.




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Banksy makes superheroes of NHS staff with new artwork

It seems famed street artist Banksy is particularly inspired by the challenge the coronavirus pandemic has presented humanity as he gifts a new artwork honouring the live-saving efforts of medical professionals to a British hospital.




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One of WA's oldest banks is closing its doors and locals are concerned more services could follow

While the cash economy is dwindling, small businesses still need somewhere to deposit their coins but where do you take them when your local bank branch closes?




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Water banking, rain farming and other ways to safeguard against future drought

Water banking involves the deliberate injection of surplus water into known aquifers. The idea is to repurpose the world’s many artesian basins as giant sustainable storage tanks - ones that can readily be drawn upon in times of drought. It’s just one of the ideas we explore in the second instalment of our two-part series on water conflict and management – the politics, the problems and the potential solutions.






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The multi-lingual effort to win the Sydney seat of Banks




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Reserve Bank Governor indicates an interest rate cut in June




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Old bank now home to different kind of treasure




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Redbank power station has environmentalists fired up over restart plan

A mothballedNSWHunterValley coal-firedpowerstationis to be re-commissioned and the new owners say it willbecleaner andgreenerthanitwas beforeitshutdownfive yearsago.




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Australia's riskiest suburbs for home loans revealed as banks push for higher deposits

A crackdown on home loans emerges in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission, with borrowers being asked for deposits of up to 30 per cent and banks throwing greater scrutiny on location and living expenses.








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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announces ACCC investigation into banks

The ACCC has been asked to look into mortgage pricing and obstacles customers face in switching banks.



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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announces ACCC investigation into banks

The ACCC has been asked to look into mortgage pricing and obstacles customers face in switching banks.



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Giant crocodile, Howard, has 10yo Elroy on his side fighting for him to remain on creek bank

A 10-year-old boy writes to Queensland's Environment Minister pleading with authorities not to remove a giant crocodile that has been sunning itself on a creek bank.




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Cairns scam victim reclaims house she lost to bankruptcy after continuing to pay mortgage

Robyn Hausler continued paying her mortgage and rates for six years, not realising the house she'd lived in for 20 years wasn't hers anymore. Now a court has ruled she can have her property back.




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Two charged after Burleigh Waters Suncorp Bank branch robbed

A man and woman have been charged after the Burleigh Waters branch of Suncorp Bank was robbed by two people cloaked in leather jackets and helmets who allegedly pulled out guns to threaten the tellers.



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Foodbank funding cuts risk more than $8m worth of food for needy families

The Social Services Minister has indicated a short-term lifeline may be thrown to a charity that provides 67 million meals for hungry Australians each year after Government moves to split food charity funding between three agencies.