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Credit cards and international transactions spur bank fee boom … but it could get worse come October

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3 Jun, 2026
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Warwick Ponder
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3 Jun, 2026
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If warnings from Australian Banking Association (ABA) CEO Simon Birmingham are anything to go by, Australia’s growing bank fee bill is about to get even bigger.
Credit cards and international transactions spur bank fee boom … but it could get worse come October
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If warnings from Australian Banking Association (ABA) CEO Simon Birmingham are anything to go by, Australia’s growing bank fee bill is about to get even bigger.

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