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Complaints on the rise: FOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... variable rate home loans, a 62.7 per cent rise in cases relating to fixed rate home loans and a 9.4 per cent rise in credit card cases. "The Financial Ombudsman Service is doing all it can to deal with cases promptly. At this time it is essential that ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... announced last week a facility that will lend against asset-backed securities collateralized by student loans, auto loans, credit card loans, and loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.' Bernanke assured his audience that the US government ...

Cybercriminals target fin services

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... with an estimated total value of more than US$276 million in the year to June. That's a big sum considering stolen credit card details retail for as little as 10 cents to US$25 per card while stolen bank account details sell for between US$10 and US$1,000. ...

Affordable advice: yes we can

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
... payment method for services rendered. Clients pay from their superannuation accounts - QSuper for instance - or by credit card. Despite the positive outlook, Erbel cautions that the mass affordable advice model has its drawbacks. Advisers would need ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... also announced a new goal for the program to support financial markets which supply consumer credit in such areas as credit card debt, auto loans and student loans. "With a stronger capital base, our banks will be more confident" to support economic ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Punters would have been better off putting their hard-earned dollar into the Melbourne Cup winner - Viewed -- yesterday than on the RBA rate cut expecting an equity market gain. Both provided a surprise outcome, but while Viewed returned A$46.50 to ...

Citibank narrows retail product

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... cent of Citibank's unsecured consumer lending. The bank will continue to promote its revolving line of credit and credit card business in which the bank has in the past been a buyer of banks' portfolios.

Former Virgin Money execs launch Mozo

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... free financial 'health check' service that shows consumers whether they would benefit from switching their home loan, credit card or personal loan, and which products would save them the most, said the group's marketing director, Kirsty Lamont. "Consumers ...

CHOICE warns of online fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... estimates identity fraud costs Australians roughly $1 billion affecting 500,000 people every year. Most are hit by credit card and bank card fraud while a third of that number have had their identities stolen. "There's no way to guarantee protection ...

Govt overhauls consumer credit regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... also enhance regulation surrounding reverse mortgages and against predatory lending practices such as unsolicited credit card extension offers. "In just 10 months we have acted to see that our financial services will be regulated nationally and consumers ...