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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 ...

Westpac restructures fin services and tech

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... their customers "with the explicit goal of earning all of their business", from home loan and personal finance to credit card and savings accounts. Starting next week, there will be three new divisions: Westpac retail and business banking; products and ...

BOQ writes off franchise loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Most of the loans from Bank of Queensland to owner-operators of its franchised branches in Sydney appear to be impaired, and the bank appears to be increasingly willing to write off some of those loans. Of 55 owner-managed branches in New South Wales ...

Members Equity to offer super banking

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Industry super funds owned Members Equity Bank plans to face retail banks head on with its version of an all-in-one superannuation and bank account. Members Equity Bank chief executive, Anthony Wamsteker, said the business is developing a product that ...

Retail spending stays flat during April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... cent for April 2007. The increase in retail turnover was however lower than the 8.8 per cent increase in household credit card outstanding balances reported by the Reserve Bank. The increase in total annual credit card transactions was nonetheless much ...

Recovery in securitised assets mask long term problems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The amount of securitised assets recovered slightly in the March quarter to reach $264 billion but the bounce back masks bigger problems confronting the sector. Securitised assets during March increased 1.4 per cent however compared to the 4.5 per cent ...

HSBC names new head in personal fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
HSBC has appointed Graham Heunis as head of personal financial services in Australia. Heunis will be responsible for HSBC's retail bank as well as its consumer finance and cards operations in Australia. He was previously responsible for HSBC's retail ...

Bank fees jump three-times inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... mainly late payment fees, over-limit fees and foreign currency conversion fees - increased by 16 per cent." This sharp credit card fee rise however has lead to the rise of no-frills cards, noted the Reserve. The survey found that loan fees were driven ...