Bea Garcia

Bea Garcia

Finance Journalist
Finance journalist with a focus on businesses and financial education.

Recent articles for this author

Unemployment cools to 4.3% after hitting four-year high

Australia’s housing affordability gap widens, inner-city homes out of reach

Mutual Bank’s $5K first home buyer cashback deal nears deadline

Ubank’s new 10% deposit, no-LMI home loan opens doors in 32 suburbs

Hybrid surge powers October car market

Holiday budgets shrink as nearly half of Aussies cut back to save

Cost-of-living pressures drive more Aussies to cycle to work

Newcastle Permanent, Greater Bank offer free Grocerize access to tackle grocery bills

Aussie car sales boom, China closes in as EV giant

Aussies risk costly repairs as 2 in 5 skip home maintenance

CommBank cuts fixed home loan rate to 4.99%

Aussie kids' incomes soar 3x faster, powering $623M economy

ING removes condition for debit card travel perks

Mortgage rate cuts gather pace as RBA move filters through

Term deposit & savings account rates tumble after RBA cut

ANZ levels the playing field for small business owners with home loan shake-up

NAB cuts fixed home loan rates ahead of RBA call

Macquarie joins lenders in easing home loan rates before RBA meeting

Australia taps into $160B mobile wallet boom amid digital shift

Aussies bank on savings, skip investments

Westpac, NAB slash term deposit rates while others stay put

1 in 2 Aussies inherit their bank - and it’s costing them

Term deposit rates dip again despite unchanged cash rate

ANZ and Bank Australia cut rates, AMP goes against the grain

Property prices continue to climb as interest rates fall

A guide to owner builder construction loans in Australia

Up launches new Groups feature to simplify shared expenses