Monday June 30, 2008
Banks are capable of covering a much wider range of finance products and services than other more specialised institutions.
Sunday June 29, 2008
THE banks are always copping it sweet for their fees, but you should see what they're doing to their shareholders.
Friday June 27, 2008
Banks are more willing to negotiate than you may believe.
Thursday June 26, 2008
BABCOCK & BROWN is rapidly shifting its capital needs from volatile equity markets, which have brought low its share price and those of its quoted satellites, to the unlisted funds sector.
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Banks are currently offering excellent deals on savings accounts, with the RaboPlus Online Savings Account one of the better deals on the market.
Monday June 23, 2008
HUNDREDS of smaller US banks are at risk of failure in the ongoing credit crisis, says the economist David Hale.
Monday June 23, 2008
Banks can offer helpful services for people who are interested in making more from their wealth through wise investing.
Monday June 23, 2008
A CUT in the "top-up" home loan interest rates pushed through by the domestic banks appears as far away as ever, with the chief executive of ANZ Bank, Michael Smith, warning that the global credit crisis continues to play havoc with the industry's financing costs.
Monday June 23, 2008
THE global credit crisis is shackling Australian banks from cutting home loan interest rates, ANZ chief executive Michael Smith is warning.
Friday June 20, 2008
Banks will often offer special discounts for customers who utilise several of their products, but this will not always necessitate the best deal overall.
Wednesday June 18, 2008
If you are looking for a savings account that will let you take advantage of rising interest rates to the fullest, then the BankWest TeleNet Saver can help you build up savings faster than in high interest accounts from other banks.
Tuesday June 17, 2008
AS AUSTRALIAN investment bank Babcock & Brown argued its case with its financiers, the retail banks again weighed on the market.
Monday June 16, 2008
Banks offer many loans and leasing facilities to businesses, as businesses have the greatest potential to be returning clients.
Sunday June 15, 2008
A TEMPORARY quarry "dam" that burst its banks and rained mud and rocks on nearby homes should never have been built, Brisbane City Council says.
Saturday June 14, 2008
The credit party is well and truly over, and the banks are nursing sore heads, writes Julia May from London.
Friday June 13, 2008
The waiting game is preferable to the certain losses forced asset sales would produce.
Friday June 13, 2008
ONE of Australia's biggest investment banks, Babcock & Brown, is in crisis after a collapse of investor confidence that sent its share price plummeting more than a third in two days.
Friday June 13, 2008
The asset manager has gone the way of its imitators MFS, Allco and Rubicon. The banks can step in.
Friday June 13, 2008
High interest accounts are becoming more and more common amongst the banks, with competition increasing for banks wanting to provide the best interest rates on savings accounts.
Thursday June 12, 2008
THE future of the debt-laden childcare operator ABC Learning Centres appears to lie in the hands of its banks, a new private equity investor and its few remaining major shareholders following its latest desperate cash-raising stock issue, analysts have concluded.
Thursday June 12, 2008
Banks will often provide the best value for foreign exchange when travelling overseas.
Thursday June 12, 2008
A RECOVERY of sorts among financial stocks was offset by a decline in consumer confidence and falling resource stocks, as the market pitched back and forth.
Thursday June 12, 2008
BABCOCK & Brown Power is likely to announce today that the gas explosion at Apache Energy's Varanus Island facility has not derailed a $2.7 billion refinancing pledge from its bankers, despite rumours to the contrary.
Tuesday June 10, 2008
BUSINESS and personal borrowers will continue to put pressure on banks' lending abilities.
Tuesday June 10, 2008
Banks will not usually offer both high introductory rates as well as standard rates, but RaboPlus have with their RaboPlus Online Savings Account.
Sunday June 8, 2008
Banks don't usually open on public holidays, but that doesn't mean you need to go without service.
Friday June 6, 2008
Banks offer insurance to cover almost any form of loss, and unfortunately many people in times of financial stress will drop insurance coverage before moderating other expenses in their budgeting.
Wednesday June 4, 2008
Banks are the first stop for many people looking for a good home loan, but you must be careful to consider what the future will hold.
Tuesday June 3, 2008
IN WHAT has become a familiar tug-of-war, resource companies are supporting the sharemarket while financial stocks drag it down. Yesterday, resources won, pulling the S&P/ASX 200 Index from the red, and leaving it just 7.6 points higher at 5662.3 points.
Tuesday June 3, 2008
PEOPLE with money tied up in failed banks or insurance companies will be paid up to $20,000 through a Federal Government scheme and not have to wait for a liquidator to get their money back.
Tuesday June 3, 2008
The Treasurer has restated the Rudd Government's opposition to any merger of the Big Four banks.
Monday June 2, 2008
Banks do a lot of business from the day to day savings of ordinary people, but few banks match the enticements available to customers who open a BankWest TeleNet Saver Account.