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End of the road for Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Bank has ditched its 90-year-old Dollarmites program after the state governments' banning of school banking schemes. The New South Wales government is the latest to jump on board and ban bank-run marketing schemes in classrooms after ...

Queensland bans Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
The Sunshine State is joining Victoria and the nation's capital in banning the Commonwealth Bank's school-banking program. Queensland minister for education Grace Grace announced her department will not renew its agreement with CBA when it ends on 31 ...

Dollarmites faces more backlash

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
Commonwealth Bank's lucrative Dollarmites program has taken another blow as Victorian schools have banned such programs in favour of financial lessons. Dollarmites came under fire in 2018 when ASIC began a review into school banking programs. In its ...

ASIC casts doubt over Dollarmites

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
The Commonwealth Bank's lucrative but controversial Dollarmites program could get the axe, with ASIC seeking the public's view of school banking programs as part of its ongoing review of their use and impact in primary schools. School banking programs ...

ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
ASIC is set to review banking and financial literacy programs in Australian primary schools, including Commonwealth Bank's recently criticised Dollarmites program. ASIC said school banking programs are supposed to educate young Australians about the ...

Ban Dollarmites: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... bad-value bank," Kirkland said. "Once you factor in recent revelations that Commonwealth Bank staff fraudulently activated Dollarmite accounts for personal gain, awarding them a Shonky was an easy decision." CHOICE's investigation found 35% of Australian ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... bad-value bank," Kirkland said. "Once you factor in recent revelations that Commonwealth Bank staff fraudulently activated Dollarmite accounts for personal gain, awarding them a Shonky was an easy decision." CHOICE found 35% of Australian adults still ...
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