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Australians will pay for ID fraud protection: Unisys

... research firm to conduct telephone surveys of nearly 6,500 people around the world to ask about their banking and credit card concerns. The research revealed that one in five of all survey respondents worried "a lot" about fraud. Nearly half of the Australians ...

Australia exports financial literacy

... Financial Literacy Program has become an exporter with Korea eyeing the program to help curb out-of-control Korean credit card debts. Personal bankruptcy and overuse of credit cards has long been a social problem in Korea. But educators in Korea are ...

SMS technology paving the way

Technology is continuing its push into how we handle transactions and its only a matter of time before wealth management service providers follow suit. Though yet to revolutionise how investors or super fund members are kept informed of transaction ...

iPod generation should learn how to save: ASIC

The financial services regulator ASIC has turned its attention to the spending behavior of young consumers and has produced a free comic designed to teach teenagers about money matters. The free comic titled 'To the Max' can be downloaded from the Young ...

Virgin Money to 'shake-up' super

... planners who weren't tied to any particular fund manager. Virgin Money launched in Australia in 2003 with its Virgin Credit Card. The group has since issued over half a million credit cards. "Our research suggests that consumers are sick of high fees ...

Investment management company director gaoled for seven years

... reality the company was making significant losses and Walker was found to be using clients' funds to pay personal credit card debts and his mortgage. It was estimated that investors in FOGI lost $11 million, with $1.9 million of the total relating to ...

All signs point to an economic deceleration

... cent from the start of 2004, and have decided to tighten their spending habits as is evident from the reduction in credit card debt over the last three months. Hence it ahs predicted interest rate hikes are off the agenda and the next interest rate adjustment ...

MLC goes online to collect fees

... to be used by their advisers from December 2004. The new system called AdvicePay will be able to accept payments by credit card as well as direct debit transactions. It has been developed jointly by MLC and e-business solutions company CommSecure. MLC ...

ASIC warns of Christmas spending splurge

... cards alone ASIC is warning consumers to manage their Christmas spending wisely. Given the average interest rate on a credit card is 16 per cent ASIC's executive director of consumer protection and international relations Greg Tanzer said "for every ...

Debt collection protection

... different roles in regulating debt collection. ASIC will hear complaints relating to financial services including credit card debt, personal and home loans, finance company loans and fees for the provision of financial advice. The ACCC will manage complaints ...