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Financial services turn to Twitter

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... within their marketing strategy. The first US wealth management companies to begin using social media were banks, credit card issuers and self-directed brokerages. This mirrors the take up of social media seen in Australia among financial services, with ...

MetLife launches credit insurance product

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
MetLife Insurance has entered the credit card insurance market with Citibank, launching a credit card account insurance product to protect policyholders in the instance of unemployment, death or injury. CardGuard, available exclusively to Citibank customers ...

Bank reaches for industry fund members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... of industry funds and unions with a variable mortgage rate of 7.09 per cent, an offset account with ATM access, a credit card and an option to fix for three years at 7.25 per cent at no extra cost. While non-bank lenders such as Ratebusters are offering ...

Blue-collar workers shun advice: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
A study found that a segment of the Australian population is more likely to fall prey to dodgy financial products because it is 'not their nature' to seek professional financial advice. In a study conducted late last year, "Unemployed and struggling ...

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a personal finance website, MoneySmart, offering free financial information and tools. The website is designed to help people when making financial decisions with 26 tools available ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... brazen ease with which information can be stolen - from iPhone text messages to website passwords, banking details and credit card numbers. Attendees at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia luncheon on Monday learnt that infection by ...

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... 1,242.87. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was 20.09 points, or 0.77 per cent, stronger, at 2,637.31. In the final hour of US trade, credit card companies faced a sharp sell-off though after news the Federal Reserve had proposed putting a cap on the amount the ...

Tower wins Virgin Money mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
One year after Tower Australia secured a $600 million insurance deal with AustralianSuper, the firm has signed on a major partnership with Virgin Money to provide life insurance to the retail market. Richard Branson-backed Virgin Money is expanding ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... positive use. Cards for houses. According to Yahoo! Finance dot com, credit reporting agency TransUnion found that credit card balances fell by 13.4 per cent to US$4,951 in the second quarter - the lowest in more than eight years - from US$5,719 in the ...

No super profits tax for banks: Coalition

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... straight through to consumers," Hockey said at an Association of Financial Advisers doorstop interview yesterday. Credit card customers and mortgage holders in particular will bear the brunt of the tax. Instead, he claims the government should do what ...