DBM Australian Financial Awards 2019

The 2019 DBM Australian Financial Awards were presented in Sydney yesterday, recognising the best of the Australian financial sector as chosen by over 80,000 of its retail and business customers. The awards are based entirely on customer feedback and ratings of their own financial providers throughout Read Article

Financial Inequality Declining in Australia

Findings from ME Bank’s 15th bi-annual Household Financial Comfort report (HFCR), conducted by DBM Consultants have shown that the Australian financial inequality gap has grown smaller for the first time in seven years. According to ME Bank, the HFCR over time has shown that financial comfort between Read Article

Looking Beyond the Banking Royal Commission

Trust in Australia’s big banks is at an all-time low and rightly so given all that has played out at the Banking Royal Commission. Based on data from DBM Consultants, over two-thirds of Australians would like the Commission to be extended, even after the many Read Article

Top Three Tips From a Woman in Research

I can easily cite the statistics on women in the workplace. I know that it is a complex issue with different forces at play such as the narrow and leaky pipelines (not enough women enter an industry or quit early), the sticky floor (not enough Read Article

AMP Customer Crisis Deepens

Increasing numbers of superannuation customers are expressing their dissatisfaction with AMP as the wealth giant’s Net Promoter Score (NPS*) has plunged even further, now sitting 13 points lower than at the beginning of the year.     These findings from Consumer Atlas, a survey of Read Article

AMP Suffering Significant Reputational Damage

AMP’s Net Promoter Score (NPS*) has plummeted 10 points since the beginning of the year among the wealth giant’s superannuation and retirement customers. The NPS metric reflects customer willingness to recommend AMP and is a lead indicator of future revenue. These findings from Consumer Atlas, Read Article

Gen Z – Banking’s Newest Battleground

According to the latest Consumer Atlas results, financial institutions separate from the Big 4 are missing out on future opportunities among Australia’s Generation Z. This now critical generation are aged 14-22 years old, typically employed and already holding well-formed opinions and preferences about the world Read Article