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Here are the changes the main banks have made to retail interest rates on Thursday, October 15, 2026

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15th Oct 26, 12:05pmbyDavid Chaston

Today's changes to interest rates

Here are the changes the main banks have made to retail interest rates on Thursday, October 15, 2026, so far.

For home loans:

Bank Australia and related Qudos Bank have both raised all their variable rates by +25 bps today for all products.

For savings accounts:

The same two banks have both raised all their savings account rates by the same +25 bps.

Meanwhile Macquarie has also raised all its savings account rates by +25 bps, Except, its tiered Savings account gets some significant weaking. For balances up to $250,000 in this account, the rate has risen +25 bps to 5.25%. For balances from $250,000 to $2 mln, the rate is up only +5 bps to 5.05%. But for balances over $2 mln they have raised the rate for this tier from 2.75% to 4.60%, a massive +185 bps jump

For term deposits:

No changes to adviser today.

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