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Australian businesses say expanding is difficult due to inflexibility of local banks

Monday 6 December 2021 11:29 CET | News

The findings of a new global survey conducted by YouGov have shown 54% of Australian businesses cite cumbersome legacy banking infrastructure as one of the leading deterrents to trying to break into new markets around the world.

A little over 80% of the Australian business leaders questioned told YouGov that they were banking with a major, but only a quarter of them felt they were getting ‘bang for their buck’.

Of the 81% whose businesses rely on big bank payment infrastructure, 39% said the costs associated with international banking forced them to bump plans for international expansion down the priority list.

Another 32% said fee structures were often confusing, and that they were often caught off-guard by surprise costs, while 27% said the major banks just aren’t nimble enough.

While more than three-quarters of the Australian business leaders surveyed by YouGov said they ‘understand’ their banking fee structures, only 23% were able to correctly identify them.


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Keywords: banks, expansion
Categories: Banking & Fintech
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Countries: Australia
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