Displaying items by tag: Money

The ACMA has issued a warning on the receipt of emails purporting to be from LinkedIn which it says could be a scam.

Coco Hou CPA is calling on professionals working in accounting and finance to consider taking on a side hustle in bookkeeping and accounting to meet the growing demand from businesses in need of accounting services and to help earn more money to help with household bills. 

GUEST RESEARCH 

• More money (63%), flexible work hours (43%) and more benefits (36%) are the top three things Australian tech workers want to get from their job in 2025
• 29% of tech employees want more pay above anything else from their job this year
• 74% of workers are confident they will get what they want from their job in 2025
• If they do not get what they want, 42% of tech workers will address their concerns with their manager while 29% will actively look for a new job 

GUEST OPINION:  Prepaid cards are convenient and safe alternatives to carrying cash or writing checks. They are easy to use, and provide users with a more secure way of making payments. Prepaid cards also help users better manage their money, as they can set spending limits and keep track of their spending.

Consumers have been warned about a new scam involving emails advertising fake products, with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) issuing a national alert.

Australia’s competition watchdog, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), has issued an alert about potentially deadly solar batteries, and warning consumers to be aware that scammers may use news about a recall to elicit personal information or money from them.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has warned unsuspecting consumers to beware of scammers impersonating family members using text or WhatsApp messages to try and steal money or financial information.

Cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments provider Western Union has announced the expansion of its 17-year relationship with Australia Post, with the launch of Western Union digital money transfers, enabling customers to send money worldwide, 24/7, via auspost.com.au.

The taxpayer-funded ABC will demand that users register and provide personal details, which will also be shared with Google and Facebook, if they wish to use the iview service from 1 July.

Australian businesses reported over $14 million in losses to Scamwatch due to payment redirection scams last year, and average losses so far in 2021 are more than five times higher compared to average losses in the same period in 2020, according to the ACCC.

Debit card provider eftpos is buying Australian payments app Beem It which enables consumers to send and receive money using their phone,as part of its move further into the "digital ecosystem".

A new survey from phone and Internet comparison site WhistleOut shows "strong Australian interest in the new iPhone 12 range" and that "iPhone fans are willing to pay more for their handsets than other people" - but will they go on payment plans or buy outright?

With top of the line smartphones costing anywhere from $1500 to $2500 and beyond, and with smartphones lasting longer than ever thanks to OS and security updates, safely buying second hand via the security of a refurbished model can be a totally smart saving.

Microsoft often likes to portray itself as a company that supports education and research, but that appears to be just a pose, with the company showing its real colours recently when it stripped the European Organisation for Nuclear Research of the status of "academic institution".

Microsoft's revocation of the "academic institution" status granted to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, has led to the organisation deciding to get rid of software sold by the Redmond behemoth in order to avoid lock-in and to keep its costs down.

Open source company Red Hat crossed the US$2 billion mark in annual revenue some time ago and indications are that the 24-year-old firm will soon cross the next revenue milestone – US$3 billion. There is, thus, no reason for the company to continue to do deals with the NSA, given that the philosophy it advocates in public stands in marked contrast to what the NSA does.

With the shortest day of the year just having passed, it still won't get any warmer for at least the next couple of months, so amaysim's tips on staying warm should avoid sending a chill up your spine.

With new Frollo stats showing Australians are "spending three times more on ride-sharing services than on taxis", it follows that not keeping a close eye on in-app and tap-and-go payments can cost you.

You and your friends will need a free Paypal account to dip into Paypal's new Money Pools, the "free and simple way to collect and keep track of money for shared expenses with family and friends".

Lost or stolen money or possessions, debit and credit card currency conversion fraud or missing a flight is costing Australian travellers almost $1 billion each year, with new research revealing that money theft is the number one cause of money misadventure.