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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 ...

Aussies fear online fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Care to seek online financial advise or arrange a credit card via the Internet? No thanks, says nearly 4.2 million Australians. New research from Datamonitor show that Australian consumers are divided regarding online financial services. Around 27 per ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... that in addition to buying mortgage related assets, the plan has been widened to include car loans, student loans and credit card debt. Suddenly, the US$700 billion financial markets welcomed with glee only a few days ago is looking like a pittance. ...

HSBC contracts Allianz for insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... Strategic Partners program. Both firms already have existing arrangements for the provision of complex life risk and credit card insurance. "Allianz and HSBC have worked together successfully in numerous markets around the world since HSBC's PSP program ...