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Synchron taps online insurance advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... discovered they were losing business to web-based insurers who could sign up a client online with a couple of clicks and a credit card number. As a result, one of Harrison's initiatives was to develop what Strategies Plus claims is an industry first ...

BT Super for Life wins clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
BT Financial Group's online super product, BT Super for Life is gaining traction, with almost 100 new customers signing on each day. A BT Financial Group spokesperson said the unique online banking and super integration in addition to its simple functionality ...

Debt trumps terrorism as top threat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Australians are more concerned about other people finding out their credit card or debit card details than the threat of terrorism, a reversal of the trend post September 11, according to a new study. The Unisys Security Index measures the level of ...

Virgin Money drops out of cards

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... the latest victim of the liquidity crisis in the financial markets, announcing yesterday that it will hand over its credit card portfolio and license its brand to Westpac for the next 14 months. Westpac will pay $39 million and Virgin Money has agreed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... said yesterday that they expect to make a substantial windfall from the $US18 billion ($A19.89 billion) float of US credit card giant, Visa Inc. "In the midst of all this gloom here's one business [Visa] that has an initial public offering and then stuns ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... to $41.90. CBA says it expects to make a pre-tax gain of about $355 million from its shareholding in Visa after the credit card company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Westpac added $1.00 to $25.10, ANZ gained $1.16 to $24.14 ...

Woolworths to launch credit card

... Another non-bank moves into the banking arena after retailer Woolworths signed a deal with HSBC to issue the Woolworths' credit card, due for release later this year. The deal was a result of a global tender process undertaken by Woolworths' financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... is a bit of a bounce in the property sector as well." Suncorp Metway today said it has transferred its $230 million credit card portfolio to the local arm of US banking giant Citigroup. Its shares were 36 cents higher at $15.29 at 1201 AEDT. QBE's shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... cent. TOKYO - Japanese stocks slipped, with exporters such as Honda Motor coming under pressure after downgrades of US credit card firms fuelled recession fears. The Nikkei average was down 0.8 per cent or 114.20 points to end at 13,745.50. HONG KONG ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... Predator BHP Billiton was up 43 cents to $39.75. In the US overnight, stocks fell after brokerages downgraded banks and credit card companies amid signs that consumers are falling behind on debt repayments. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 108.03 ...