Credit Cards - July 13th Four tips on how to use your tax refund You might be lucky enough to be receiving a welcome lump of cash soon after filing your tax return – but should you be saving or splurging that refund? For many Australians, a tax refund is...
Credit Cards - July 3rd Should Small Businesses Prepare For Credit Card Surcharge Changes? Australian small businesses are being urged to start preparing now for the upcoming ban on excessive card surcharges that will apply to all business from 1 September 2017. The new card payments regulation set out by...
Credit Cards - May 5th Will This New Credit Card Make Aussies More Responsible? ING Direct is taking a new approach in the credit card industry, with increased repayment on its credit cards, so that customers don’t spiral into debt.
Credit Cards - April 21st Mastercard New Fingerprint Card Announced Mastercard has announced that their next generation biometric card with an in-built fingerprint sensor will be introduced by the end of 2017.
Credit Cards - March 30th Banks Support Easier Credit Card Cancellation Banks will look at ways of making it easier for customers to cancel a credit card, after supporting key changes recommended in the Code of Banking Practise review. The review of the Code of Banking Practice...
Credit Cards - March 15th ATM Withdrawals At 15-Year Low – Is A Cashless Society Closer Than You Think? New Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) figures show ATM withdrawals have slumped to their lowest level in 15 years. The statistics have hit just as the RBA prepare to introduce its $1 billion New Payments Platform...
Credit Cards - February 27th Cashless Society: Who Loses Out? The increasing popularity of cashless payments is seeing several cash-reliant industries lose out, according to new research from ME Bank. ME’s study of 2,000 transaction account holders revealed that 61% of Australians now use less cash...
Credit Cards - February 22nd ING And Macquarie Now Have Apple Pay ING Direct and Macquarie Bank are the latest banks to bring Apple Pay to their customers, joining 46 other institutions in Australia.
Credit Cards - January 24th New NAB Rewards Program Gives Customers More Choice From flights around Australia, to exclusive AFL opportunities – the new NAB Rewards Program gives customers more choice. Credit card reward programs are nothing new, but NAB has broadened its offering by launching a newly revamped...
Credit Cards - December 14th Can You Use Your Credit Card For A House Deposit? There are a number of different payment methods that can be used when paying for a house deposit, but is a credit card one of them?
Credit Cards - November 29th The Problem With Millennials And Debt… Bankruptcies in Australia have risen at the fastest rate since the GFC and according to Experian, younger attitudes could be to blame.
Credit Cards - November 2nd Drowning In Credit Card Debt? Consider A Balance Transfer Drowning in credit card debt? Have you considered a balance transfer? Find out how they work, and what to look out for!
Credit Cards - October 14th What Does The Financial Ombudsman Service Do? What is the Financial Ombudsman Service Australia (FOS) and what does it do? Find out how the FOS handles dispute resolutions for consumers.
Credit Cards - September 27th Commonwealth Bank Lock, Block, Limit wins CANSTAR Innovation Award 2015 Commonwealth Bank won a CANSTAR Innovation Excellence Award for a mobile app feature that puts credit card security in the hands of owners.
Car Insurance - September 2nd Lack of access to finance becoming a huge problem for Australians A report published by CSI & NAB has shown that over 3 million Australians are experiencing financial exclusion from finance products & services.
Credit Cards - August 24th Credit card fraud on the increase Credit card fraud costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year
Credit Cards - July 27th Bank fees: ANZ wins High Court test case The High Court has dismissed, with costs, the proceedings of Paciocco & Anor v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited.
Rewards Credit Cards - June 15th How To Choose A Credit Card Rewards Program Hints and tips on how to select some of the best rewards cards for you. Reward programs attached to credit cards are sophisticated loyalty programs which reward card holders who use the card as their preferred...
Rewards Credit Cards - June 3rd What's on offer for Rewards credit cards? Find out what rates and features are on offer for Rewards credit cards in 2016, with the latest research from CANSTAR.
Credit Cards - February 22nd Could Unfair Credit Card Surcharges Disappear? The Federal Government has responded to the Financial System Inquiry, accepting all but one of the 44 recommendations made.