Finance Stories - May 5th HSBC Now Has Apple Pay HSBC Bank Australia customers can now enjoy the benefits of mobile payments, with the addition of Apple Pay™ to their list of services.
Finance Stories - May 4th Wearable Devices The Future Of The Health Industry Medicine in the future is likely to be dominated by technology such as wearables and implants, as well as a host of other innovations.
Finance Stories - May 4th ME Bank Finds Tracking Your Spending In An App Can Help Save You Money New research by ME Bank has proven tracking your spending with a mobile app can help you reach your savings goals.
Finance Stories - May 4th Low Wage Growth Sees Banks Tighten Lending Low wage growth and increasing pressure by regulatory authorities to curb household debt, is likely to see banks tighten their lending capacity to consumers in order to remain profitable. Following ANZ's disappointing interim profit result for...
Finance Stories - May 3rd Higher Fees For Uni Degrees? From as early as January next year, university students could face higher fees, paying up to $3,600 more for a 4-year degree. The announcement comes as part of the Australian Government's Higher Education Reform Package, which...
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.
Car Loans - April 21st World’s First Flying Car To Be Available By 2020 Slovakia-based start-up AeroMobil has unveiled its design for the world’s first flying car, and plans to roll it out to buyers in the year 2020.
Finance Stories - April 20th Latest Rental Price Movements Across Australia The bad news continues for those struggling to break into the property market, with rental prices increasing across the majority of states, according to Domain.
Finance Stories - April 20th eBay Threatens To Block Aussies As Government Pushes GST eBay has threatened to block Australian shoppers if the new 10% tax on foreign imports is imposed by government.
Car Insurance - April 19th Should Insurance Definitions Be Standardised? The Australian Securities and Investments Commission – ASIC – has called for home insurance companies to standardise their policy definitions to enable easier comparison of policies for customers
Finance Stories - April 18th Discounted Travel Insurance For Ladies A World First For The Gender Gap In a world first, an Australian travel insurance company is offering a 16% discount to women to offset the national gender pay gap.
ETFs - April 11th First Australian Global Tech ETF Launched By ANZ The first ever Australian Exchange Traded Fund to solely focus on global technology stocks has been launched by ANZ ETFS Management.
Account-Based Pensions - April 11th Boost Housing Supply By Encouraging Seniors To Downsize? In a bid to free up housing supply and help struggling pensioners, the government may provide special means test exemptions for seniors who downsize.
Finance Stories - April 10th Australia’s Appetite For Driverless Cars Accelerates Large numbers of Australians are now willing to use driverless cars, according to new research from Roy Morgan.
Finance Stories - April 7th First Home Buyers Unlikely To Buy If Interest Rates Rise According to new research undertaken by Mortgage Choice, approximately 1 in 3 first home buyers may hold off on buying a property if interest rates rise.
Finance Stories - April 7th Human Drugs Poisoning Pets Pet Insurance Australia has revealed it received almost 500 claims in 2016 for ibuprofen toxicity and paracetamol poisoning in cats and dogs. During the same time period, there were an additional 1,200 toxicity insurance claims where...
Finance Stories - April 7th Home Loan Arrears Rise in All Australian States The number of Australian residents failing to repay their mortgages has risen in every state and territory throughout the past year, according to credit rating company Moody’s.
Finance Stories - March 23rd Financial Stability And Mateship The Drivers Of Australians' Happiness Mates and money help make Aussies ‘as happy as Larry’, according to a survey conducted by RaboDirect.
Finance Stories - March 23rd Super For Home Deposit Idea: REIA Applauds, Keating Slams The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has backed the idea of giving young Australians early access to their super accounts for home loan deposits.
Finance Stories - March 22nd Super War Heats Up With TV "Scare Campaign" The superannuation war between industry and retail super funds is heating up, with an advertising campaign against banks "getting their hands on" Australians' retirement savings.