http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/leon-carter/ Leon Carter has been the National Secretary of the Finance Sector Union since 2007. It represents 50,000 workers in the finance sector, which has lost more than 5000 jobs to off-shoring. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/top-5-reasons-why-we-love-to-hate-banks/ The public is doing it. Even the PM is doing it. And the workforce don’t get a fair deal either. No matter how hard we try to warm to them, we just can’t help resenting the banks. A new survey out today shows that the level of satisfaction with banks is low and that 63% people think that banks are getting worse at balancing profits and affordability. Is it just another version of a national tall poppy syndrome, or are banks like those irritating over-achievers at school who just rubbed us up the wrong way for being obnoxious and successful? Or maybe there is a more simple reason – they can’t help acting badly. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Leon Carter) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/top-5-reasons-why-we-love-to-hate-banks/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/top-5-reasons-why-we-love-to-hate-banks/#item3009 Wed, 05 May 2010 19:30:16 +0000 Leon Carter | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-do-you-mean-theres-a-global-financial-crisis/ American authorities have charged Wall Street mammoth Goldman Sachs with fraud. British and German authorities want to know more, too. President Obama is promising to toughen banking regulations.  These include shining a light on the murky world of derivatives, the inter-twined financial products so complicated they almost brought the whole system down.  More consumer protection is promised, too, particularly on the credit card front. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Leon Carter) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-do-you-mean-theres-a-global-financial-crisis/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-do-you-mean-theres-a-global-financial-crisis/#item2892 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:50:03 +0000 Leon Carter | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/please-dig-deep-for-our-bank-chief-executives/ Credit card bill hurt?  Rate hikes hitting the mortgage payments?  Tired of endless waits on hold or in your local branch? Fret not.  It’s all for a cause. Not yours, of course.  Our big banks.  Why, they’re so grown up, it’s like bonus season on Wall Street.  Makes you proud to be an Aussie. Sure, wage increases for bank workers hover around 1-2 per cent. Yes, 5000 jobs have been off-shored. True, dividends are down 20 per cent. But spare a thought for Cameron Clyne, CEO of NAB.  He only made $14,246 a day last year.  A pygmy among the seven or eight figure giants - if you don’t include smaller banks like ME. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Leon Carter) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/please-dig-deep-for-our-bank-chief-executives/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/please-dig-deep-for-our-bank-chief-executives/#item1763 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:17:34 +0000 Leon Carter | Author bios | The Punch