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FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... personal information through phishing - sending e-mail messages that appear to be official correspondence from banks or credit card vendors. In the latest coup for the FBI and Egyptian authorities, 53 defendants were named in the federal indictment and ...

Revamp member education: Ezra

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Super fund member education needs to be overhauled and focus on basic financial concepts instead of investment theories, said Don Ezra, co-chair, global consulting at Russell Investments. Ezra said pension funds across the world are teaching their members ...

Industrial espionage turns viral

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... could face more threats of industrial espionage online through malicious software technology often associated with credit card fraud, warns an IT security expert. At a time when banks, fund managers and super funds already have their hands full with ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The month of May was always going to be an iffy one. Much ink has been spilt on research proving that the adage, 'sell in May, then go away', has a ring of truth. Well...now here we are, May's gone and those that went away regret that they did not decide ...

Mobile phone banking on the way

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... to the virtual wallet. "One of the interesting areas is internet purchases where people are reluctant to use their credit card on the internet so in those cases, they can use their mobile number [as the account]," he said. "This means no exposure to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... rally on Wednesday. Financial stocks steered the overall market for the third straight day after Morgan Stanley and credit card issuer Capital One Financial Corp posted lacklustre quarterly reports. Investors have been worried about rising levels of ...

Pocketing the change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
I'll keep the change, thank you. With these words, the National Australia Bank hammered home the point of one of the G20 protesters' slogans, 'Bankers, rhyme with ?' Yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to reduce the official ...

Stimulate your package

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... even though it might be the right thing to do. So we've suggested they use some of it and enjoy it but if you do have credit card debt, make sure you get rid of it because it's a really great way to free up some cashflow," he said. "Nine times out of ...

Myer considers a financial services division

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... services going forward but at the moment, what we're investing in is we're taking the investment that we make in the credit card and investing it in Myer One. "So ours is about investing to improve loyalty, rather than putting it on the bottom line. ...

BT Super for Life hits 100,000 members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
BT Financial Group's BT Super for Life product has broken the 100,000 member mark in just 18 months. Melanie Evans, BT Financial Group head of superannuation and investments, said low fees and linking super accounts to online banking had attracted customers ...