Australians lost $2.74 billion to scams last year, according to the ACCC's National Anti-Scam Centre. This Scams Awareness Week, there will be plenty of (much needed) discourse about protection and prevention. What isn't addressed nearly as much: the emotional and mental toll of falling victim to a scam 🧠 We went straight to an expert in scams psychology, Dr Kate Gould. In the link below, the neuropsychologist and scams researcher at Monash University shares her best tips on how to help and support a loved one who has been scammed 🫂 See the full interview and story here: https://lnkd.in/gpyPfegr #ScamAwarenessWeek #ShareAScamStory
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Westpac is Australia’s oldest bank and company, one of four major banking organisations in Australia and one of the largest banks in New Zealand. We provide a broad range of banking and financial services in these markets, including consumer, business and institutional banking and wealth management services. We also have offices in key financial centres around the world including London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Westpac Group's portfolio of financial services brands and businesses is focused on our vision, which is "To be one of the world’s great service companies, helping our customers, communities and people to prosper and grow.” We welcome your contributions to our page. Please check our guidelines before you join the conversation: https://www.westpac.com.au/contact-us/social-media/ Westpac acknowledges the traditional owners as the custodians of this land, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Australia's First Peoples, and to their Elders, past, present and future. Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141. AFSL and Australian credit licence 233714.
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Many Australian businesses are investing to grow after economic conditions continued to stabilise in the final quarter of FY24. Westpac senior economist Pat Bustamante shares his insights from the bank's latest quarterly business snapshot, which draws on data from millions of daily transactions made by Westpac’s business banking clients. #sme #smallbiz #economy #investment Full story: https://lnkd.in/gxc-Cz8y
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Westpac's payee verification feature, Westpac Verify, will soon be available on the bank's payments platform, PaymentsPlus, providing businesses with an extra layer of defence to combat payment redirection scams. #scams #ScamsAwarenessWeek Full story: https://lnkd.in/gpvbeCNK
Westpac to roll out payee verification feature for businesses
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For Scams Awareness Week (26 – 30 August), we’re encouraging everyone to share their scam story with family, friends and followers so we can all learn from the experience. #ShareAScamStory For more info, visit www.westpac.com.au/saw
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Find out how Westpac SaferPay saved this unsuspecting mum from falling victim to a common SMS scam. #scams Full story: https://lnkd.in/gHAXvJfr
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“There’s no lack of entrepreneurial spirit in remote Australia,” says Tanya Egerton, who's work in setting up opshops run by First Nations women in remote communities across the Northern Territory and WA has seen her recognised as winner 🏆of this year's AgriFutures Australia Rural Women's Award. Wire caught up with Tanya, and runner up Grace Larson, to find out more about the inspiration behind their success. Peta Ward #RWA2024 #ruralwomensaward #remoteaustralia #womeninleadership Full story: https://lnkd.in/gx3r9VZq
OpShop project is empowering First Nations entrepreneurs
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Westpac is the first bank to be supported by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s $1 billion Household Energy Upgrades Fund (HEUF), a landmark program to help Australians access cheaper home energy solutions and affordable finance. That’s why we’re launching Sustainable Upgrades home and investor loans. Customers with an existing or approved eligible home loan will be able to apply to borrow up to $50,000 with a loan term of up to ten years to improve their property’s energy efficiency or climate resilience. Apply from 26 August 2024. T&Cs and eligibility criteria apply. For more info visit https://lnkd.in/gGkzQkxp
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Westpac is detecting 69% of all scam attempts, saving customers around $170 million in potential losses this year, after rolling out a suite of new safety features to make payments safer. Still, scammers are constantly thinking up new ways to dupe their targets so the bank must remain ever vigilant and continue to bolster its defences in collaboration with industry and government, says Carolyn McCann, Group Executive, Customer and Corporate Services. #scams #fraudprevention Full story: https://lnkd.in/g9QBkSR3
Stopping scammers before they scam you
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Aussie households are feeling a little better about their finances after the RBA left interest rates on hold at its latest meeting and Stage 3 tax cuts kicked in. Westpac senior economist Matthew Hassan runs the ruler over the latest consumer sentiment survey. Full story: https://lnkd.in/gjX3fFYG
Consumers breathe easier after RBA rate hold
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In celebration of National Science Week 🔭, Wire caught up with Westpac Scholar Georgi Coddington, director of the Astra Program - an initiative that aims to inspire young Australians to consider a career in the space industry.🚀✨ #NationalScienceWeek #FutureInSpace #womeninstem #WestpacScholar #robotics #spacescience Full story: https://lnkd.in/gGFjnG9h
This Martian-inspired space scientist is on a mission
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