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The silver lining for Australia in the collapse of major US banks

Customers in line outside Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Monday, March 13, 2023. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has prompted a global reckoning at venture capital and private equity firms, which found themselves suddenly exposed all together to the tech industry's money machine. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

What the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in the United States means for Australia

People stand outside of an entrance to Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, March 10, 2023. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seized the assets of the bank on Friday, marking the largest bank failure since Washington Mutual during the height of the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Westpac calls on government to provide targeted financial relief from interest rate hikes

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These Aussies claimed thousands of dollars they didn’t know they were owed. Here’s how

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Bogden Hulewicz and Sharon Hawke have claimed a combined $21,500 they didn’t know they were owed through junk insurance refunds.

A $60 payment appeared in this Aussie mum’s bank account. Within hours, she’d lost $40,000

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A mum has shared her battle to get back $40,000 she says she was scammed out of.

Bank customers locked out of accounts due to ‘outage’

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A number of Australian banks appear to be experiencing outages, with some customers saying they have been unable to access their funds since 2pm on Tuesday.