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Category Archives: Credit Cards
The RBA vs. Credit Card Surcharges
It’s probably happened to you; you’re booking a flight online, have made it to the final stage of your purchase – only to be hit with the smug news that using your credit card will incur a inexplicably high ‘booking … Continue reading
Introducing The Bank Reform Party
Fed up with your bank? You’re not alone. Now Australia has a newly-formed political party that’s making a pledge to champion consumer rights and push for a fairer banking system. The Bank Reform Party plans to contest the next Federal … Continue reading
Posted in Credit Cards, Home Loans, Savings Accounts, Term Deposits
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2012′s Most Satisfied Customers
Roy Morgan Research, Australia’s best known market research company, has held its second annual Customer Satisfaction Awards in Melbourne this week, honouring the companies and organisations with the most consistently happy customers in 2012. The awards are the result of … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Credit Cards, Home Loans, Income Protection Insurance, Life Insurance, Mobile Phones, Savings Accounts, Term Deposits
Tagged Apple, NAB, Virgin Mobile
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How Reloadable Prepaid Cards Work
Staying in control of your finances is a massive priority for most of us (or at least, definitely should be). So for some consumers, opening a credit card is something they may be hesitant about – whether it’s because of … Continue reading
Fairer Banking for UK Customers
Banks in the UK will now have a chance to prove that they can put their customer’s interests first, thanks to a new accreditation scheme for ranking financial products and services according to responsibility and customer benefit. And a positive … Continue reading
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Best Names for Good Credit Ratings
UK comparison website Confused.com has released details of the names most likely to have a great credit rating in Britain – and the worst. Having recorded data from thousands of website users over the past year, the site has listed … Continue reading
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Home Prices Getting You Down?
There’s nothing to aspire to in Australia’s capital cities for new property market entrants with capital growth looking uncertain at best. If you’d purchased an apartment in Brisbane two years ago for $500k (where the market has gone backwards) and … Continue reading
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Bankruptcy Boom Times
A report out today has pinpointed Mount Druitt, Campbelltown, Liverpool and the Central Coast as having the highest levels of bankruptcy declarations in NSW. Mount Druitt 2770 had 163 bankruptcy declarations in 2011, closely followed by Campbelltown 2560 with 146, … Continue reading
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Do I Need A Credit Card?
Yesterday afternoon I overheard two young ladies boasting about their recent shopping sprees, whilst a third complained that she never seemed to have enough money to splurge on a new wardrobe, despite working two jobs outside of her university studies. … Continue reading
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Upon Death’s Door. Which Bank?
Will the latest UBank commercial spin positively or negatively for the brand after treading on a taboo subject in advertising…making light of disasters for commercial gain. On paper, it would have seemed like a great commercial with a strong premise…’if … Continue reading
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