I just got off the phone with my bank after waiting 1/2 hr for someone to pick up - just to confirm my CC ac fees which should be so easy to locate on the platform - not in this case & then to learn that my fees have jumped. My bank - along with Australia’s other major banks - has just executed massive credit card fee increases and rate hikes. These changes officially took effect on 30 September 2026, intentionally timed just hours before the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) card surcharge ban came into force. The RBA's ban prevents merchants from charging transaction fees, but it also capped the interchange fees that banks can charge businesses. To recoup that lost revenue, banks are directly shifting the cost burden onto credit card holders.
Before these changes, banks relied heavily on that 0.80% credit card interchange fee to fund consumer perks. Since that revenue stream is now cut by more than 1/2 the banks have now turned around and raised cardholder account fees and reward program fees to claw back the money.
US President Donald Trump acknowledges Captain pilot unlocking door & plumber taking the controls ...👇
https://t.co/UX01u1QZ79
PM of Israel Netanyahu meets the plumber ... 👇
https://t.co/ZWbsEeI7Pz
@FOXFOOTY It backfired alright, & within last 4 minutes😲. It was the ultimate hubris of celebrating before the final siren, & Brisbane’s championship "belief" made Freo pay. I thought Wharfie Time was only triggered during tight moments 🤔
@PeterOB24979769 Oi! blokey, unfortunately you're locked in at conception - your XY chromosomes will NEVER change to XX chromosomes. But guess what blokey, you can rewire your brain🧠 to change that mentality back to reality.
@ysuckme When your stomach (2nd brain) does the flip-flops; & your brain races to the future to play it out .... return to the Centre shifting focus back to The Present Moment.
👉 Differentiate Gut feeling (Intuition) from fear or anxiety.
Intuition is Calm, fear is frantic.