Wednesday April 30, 2008
Banks are the most common credit card providers in Australia and they keep the market highly competitive with fantastic deals at almost any price range.
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Banks have so many different products on offer that it can be extremely confusing trying to figure out what is the best and this is compounded by the number of banks with excellent financial services.
Monday April 28, 2008
The standard savings accounts that banks offer are some of their most popular products, but they often don't offer a great deal, the banks relying on advertising and brand awareness to bring in customers for these basic accounts.
Saturday April 26, 2008
THE fight to abolish excessive bank penalties in Australia has been boosted by a landmark ruling in Britain requiring such fees to pass a fairness test.
Thursday April 24, 2008
Banks often provide services to aid with financial planning, so if you've been considering investment but don't know where to start, then consult a financial planner to point you in the right direction.
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Banks offer two excellent means of guaranteeing reasonable returns on medium to large investments, term deposits and high interest cash accounts.
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Banks are finally beginning to tackle the issue of payments made into an account by mistake.
Monday April 21, 2008
Many banks offer insurance as a part of their range of financial services, with such excellent examples as Suncorp and its control of GIO.
Friday April 18, 2008
While foreign exchange rates of the Australian Dollar (AUD) against the United States Dollar (USD) remain favourable for Australians, tourism to the USA should be quite advantageous.
Thursday April 17, 2008
THE Rudd Government has appointed Gary Banks to a third five-year term as chairman of the Productivity Commission, putting him in a position to have significant influence on its unresolved agenda.
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Banks offer a wide range of home loan options, but the interest only loan is one of the better options for people who wish to buy investment properties.
Monday April 14, 2008
Banking solutions exist specifically for the farming sector, with solutions for primary producers and related service providers.
Sunday April 13, 2008
Commodity prices run riot at the expense of financial stocks.
Saturday April 12, 2008
Other banks will follow ANZ's lead and increase their provisions, writes Eli Greenblat.
Saturday April 12, 2008
THE debt-laden Allco Finance Group has not yet been able to persuade its main lenders of the merits of key parts of its huge asset sale plan, with the banking syndicate asking for more time to give its approval.
Friday April 11, 2008
If you're at the stage in your life where you're planning ahead to retirement, then it would be best if you start preparing the appropriate financial products as soon as possible.
Thursday April 10, 2008
HOT on the heels of an International Monetary Fund report that total losses from the US subprime mortgage debacle could cost US and world banks a trillion dollars, comes news that the glow is rubbing off on housing prices in Western nations and Australia is in the firing line.
Thursday April 10, 2008
Banks have such a vast array of products on offer that it can become confusing as to whether a change from your existing financial services will be beneficial.
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Banks are some of the best providers of personal loans for your renovation needs, but which is offering the best rate with the terms to suit you?
Tuesday April 8, 2008
The market has already anticipated another round of provisioning by the banks.
Tuesday April 8, 2008
THE smallest of Australia's top-five banks has poached the head of one of the largest international financial institutions in the region to run its 400-strong retail branch network.
In a coup for St George's recently appointed chief executive, Paul Fegan, Citibank's boss for Australian consumer banking, Les Matheson, will join the NSW-based bank in June.
Monday April 7, 2008
Falling US house values are not just painful for borrowers - they're a looming problem for American banks. Gerard Wright reports.
Monday April 7, 2008
Banks can be too cumbersome when you need funds in an emergency, but payday loan providers like Cash Doctors can provide you with a small amount of money in a fix.
Saturday April 5, 2008
Bad times always seem to flush out the truth. The soul-searching now under way among our biggest banks - and their counterparts around the world - should have taken place early last year when it was obvious the stockmarket boom was built on a mountain of debt.
Saturday April 5, 2008
ON THE day that two banks raised their interest rates, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Glenn Stevens, says he cannot promise rates will not rise again.
Saturday April 5, 2008
ON the day that two banks raised their interest rates, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Glenn Stevens, says he cannot promise rates will not rise again.
Saturday April 5, 2008
THE Reserve Bank governor, Glenn Stevens, has reiterated his defence of highly profitable Australian banks adding premiums to official rate increases, saying that the alternative - banks not having enough money to lend - would be worse.
Saturday April 5, 2008
THE BIG banks continue to drip-feed bad news to their borrowers, with the Commonwealth last night announcing it will increase mortgage rates by 0.12 percentage points.
Saturday April 5, 2008
LAST week's column about the horrors of trying to make a simple phone call to the National Australia Bank drew the biggest email response I've had in a long time. It was not quite as big as the uproar when I suggested that Israel wasn't doing too well in its bungled 2006 war with Lebanon; for that one, Telstra had to put on three extra staff to handle the traffic from Dover Heights alone.
Saturday April 5, 2008
RESERVE Bank governor Glenn Stevens has firmly backed the banks over their controversial actions in increasing their margins - revealing that had they not done so, the Reserve itself would have raised interest rates higher.
Friday April 4, 2008
Superannuation funds receive so much support from the government that they are a very attractive investment for your retirement.
Thursday April 3, 2008
Insurance is considered an unnecessary expense by far too many people, who endanger their livelihood and financial security but not investing in sound risk management.
Thursday April 3, 2008
APPALLING news failed to quash market sentiment and the sharemarket rose strongly, even though some of the world's biggest banks are still losing billions.