CANSTAR CANNEX makes regular appearances on Australian TV, as well as producing educational videos to help consumers learn about money and finance issues. Our finance videos are designed to be simple and easy to understand, and may give you basic information about home loans, personal loans, margin loans, car loans, credit cards, credit card rewards, savings accounts, insurance, investments and much more!
Package Home Loan Star Ratings
Personal & Car Loan Star Ratings
CANSTAR CANNEX unveils the latest personal loan and car loan star ratings on Channel 7's Today Tonight.
Home & Contents Insurance Star Ratings
Find out how to save on home and contents insurance. CANSTAR CANNEX interviewed on Channel 7's Today Tonight.
Health Insurance 5 Star Ratings
Westpac Wins Small Business Banking Award
CANSTAR CANNEX interviewed on Sky Business News. This year, Westpac took out the award, despite competition from last year's winner, ANZ.
Package Home Loan Star Ratings
Have you got a five star home loan package? CANSTAR CANNEX interviewed on Today Tonight to unveil the latest star ratings to the nation.
Rewards Programs
A Current Affair does a segment on rewards programs, featuring some advice from CANSTAR CANNEX.
Fixed VS Variable Home Loan Rates
CANSTAR CANNEX interviewed on ABC news segment on whether to go fixed, or stay with a variable home loan interest rate.
First Home Buyer Awards Revealed on Sunrise
CANSTAR CANNEX appears on Sunrise to announce the winners of the First Home Buyer Awards.
Free Shopping Rewards Programs
CANSTAR CANNEX interviewed on Brisbane Extra about the free shopping rewards programs available in Australia and how you can turbocharge your rewards points. The programs under the microscope are Myer One, Fly Buys, and Woolworths Everyday Rewards.
Trading Day - Online Share Trading Star Ratings
Online share trading star ratings featured on Sky Business channel's Trading Day, with discussion on how to compare online trading platforms.
Trading Day - Innovation Awards
A savings account that hooks up to your Facebook account, and health insurance that pays you to stay well are just some of the new financial services products being awarded by CANSTAR CANNEX.
Innovation Excellence Award Winners
CANSTAR CANNEX reveals the inaugural Innovation Excellence awards on Channel 7's Sunrise.
Today Tonight interview with CANSTAR CANNEX about some of the best credit cards available in Australia.
Recession Busters - How to save on insurance premiums
Find out how to save on car insurance and home contents insurance. CANSTAR CANNEX interviewed on Channel 7's Today Tonight.
Customer Satisfaction Awards - Sunrise Interview
Channel 7's Sunrise features a segment on the CANSTAR CANNEX bank customer satisfaction awards, revealing ANZ as the winner of the Most Satisfied Bank Customers award. We surveyed in excess of 5,000 bank customers to find out what we like and dislike about the banks. Bendigo Bank took out the Friendliest Bank and Branch Service awards, while Citibank won the award for Internet Banking.
Feb 3, 2009 Rate Drop
Today Tonight interview with CANSTAR CANNEX regarding the Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate drop and how it could affect home owners with loans.
Credit Card Rates
CANSTAR CANNEX financial analyst and credit card expert Peter Arnold discusses credit card interest rates on Channel 7's Sunrise.
Dec 2, 2008 Rate Drop
CANSTAR CANNEX makes an appearance on Channel 7's Sunrise to discuss the latest interest rate drop announced by Australia's Reserve Bank, how to rejig your budget and why the banks have not passed on the full rate cut. Other topics covered include fixed rate home loan break fees, what they are and why they cost so much. And credit card rates; why the rate cuts are so slow to be passed on.
Credit Card Rates
Sunrise interview on the latest rate cuts by the RBA. Why they are not being passed on in full to credit card customers, and how much has been passed on.
Home & Contents Insurance
Today Tonight discuss the latest CANSTAR CANNEX star ratings for home and contents insurance. How to save money on home and contents premiums by investigating policy excesses, multiple policy discounts, buying insurance online, paying annually and using star ratings.
Savings & Transaction Accounts
Brisbane Extra discusses savings and transaction accounts, how to compare some of the best accounts online using star ratings and get some of the highest interest rates to make your money work harder for you.
Health insurance tips about 'extras' cover
How to save on health insurance extras. You can reduce your premium for health cover in a number of ways. Don't take out cover for extras you don't use or need, and examine your excesses. Sometimes if you elect to pay a higher excess your premiums will be reduced. Use the star ratings to find some of the best health insurance plans that might be suitable for you.
Health insurance - How to reduce your premiums
Just as you should examine your extras, it can also help to look at your overall health policy and how much you are paying in yearly premiums. Reducing the premiums can be done, but there are several things you should keep in mind if doing so.
First Home Buyer Awards
Today Show interview - CANSTAR CANNEX announces the winner of the First Home Buyer Award. Recognising the significant difference between first-timers and those more experienced in the complicated ways of home loans, CANSTAR CANNEX feels there is no better time to encourage first home buyers by examining what the banks, credit unions, building societies and mortgage specialists offer this particular group of people.
In order to do this, we cherry-picked the features of utmost importance to first home buyers and evaluated how lenders matched up in their offerings. We looked at how financial institutions shaped up in all phases of home ownership, as they apply to first timers.
Closing term deposits early
If you're thinking about ending a term deposit early, you should be aware that you may forfeit some of the interest earned.
Credit card profiles
A quick run-down on the credit card profiles used by CANSTAR CANNEX to award the star ratings.
Good debt VS bad debt
A good debt is something that gains in value over time, such as a home. A bad debt loses value. A car loan is one example of a bad debt.
What is a reverse mortgage?
We've all heard the term reverse mortgage, but what are they, how can you reverse your mortgage and how can they be used in your retirement?
What is 'no negative equity guarantee' for reverse mortgages?
The term 'no negative equity guarantee' is commonly used to describe a condition attached to some reverse mortgages.
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