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It’s been a difficult time for many people in our communities, with the impact of COVID-19 and the associated shutdowns having a major impact on individuals, businesses and regions.

While Covid-19 has caused customers and businesses to ditch cash in favour of card payments in droves, this means that contactless payment are now much more popular.  

Tax time is a prime time for criminals trying to get their hands on personal details and money. Most people will expect some interaction with the ATO at tax time; scammers can take advantage of this by pretending to be ATO employees.

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Good money habits take years to develop and it’s never too young to start learning! Here are a few tips we’ve provided to help you get your young ones set up with good financial habits early in life.

Tax time is a prime time for criminals trying to get their hands on personal details and money. Most people will expect some interaction with the ATO at tax time; scammers can take advantage of this by pretending to be ATO employees.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued many press releases in relation to the new Coronavirus, aka COVID-19, in recent weeks, but one carries a very different message.

Across Australia, almost five hundred million dollars (that’s $500,000,000!), was stolen by scammers during 2018. Media reports of folk losing hundreds of thousands of dollars of life savings abound, and yet the prevailing attitude remains “that would never happen to me” and “I’d never fall for that”.  Sometimes articles in the paper or on the news (or even on social media) appear to be a very long way from home, but nothing could be further from the truth, with scams directly impacting WAW customers.

Taking the first step towards becoming a first home owner can be both exciting and a little overwhelming. But the rewards can be life changing.