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Access ruling opens credit cards up to non-bank companies

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
... debit card scheme regulated, prompting an angry response from Visa. The RBA said it had imposed an Access Regime on credit card schemes, completing its plan to allow non-banks organisations to apply to the finance regulator, the Australian Prudential ...

Credit card charges hit record $14.7 billion in December

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
Australia's Christmas credit card binge hit record levels in December as consumers ignored rising interest rates in favour of spending up big, figures released today show. Australians put an all-time record $14.68 billion on the plastic in December ...

Property investment down: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
... raised interest rates for the first time in almost 18 months. Personal borrowing also dropped 1.1% after a 2.1% fall in credit card commitments. But commercial finance recovered to rise 9.3% in December, while lease finance fell 13.5%.

Bank defends boss on credit card bill

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
... Australia's central bank today strongly defended its boss Ian Macfarlane over a $249,000 bill from his taxpayer-funded credit card. A newspaper report said the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor clocked up the bill of $249,265, which included 17 ...

JP Morgan to merge with Bank One

Finance giant JP Morgan Chase said Wednesday it will take over Bank One in a $US58 billion ($A75 billion) deal to create the United States' second-largest bank. The merged company will be known as JP Morgan Chase and Co and will have a combined market ...

BankChoice comparison website relaunched to give investors further choice

... BankChoice website, offering consumers a more powerful set of comparison tools to help in their search for the best loan, credit card or deposit account. First launched in 1996, Infochoice's banking website has undergone a complete overhaul to better ...

ANZ announces formal agreement with Chinese credit union

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
... with Chinese financial group Shanghai Rural Credit Cooperatives Union (SRCCU). ANZ will focus on specific areas like credit card products and services, risk management and human resource training. The formal agreement follows a meeting in Melbourne last ...

Major banks begin increasing home loan rates

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2003
... loan arrears were at a new record low in October." The bank added that its lending rates for small businesses and credit card rates were under review.

Labor's Latham urges banks to cut fees and charges

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... bank profits were made on the back of slugging customers extraordinary fees. "These profits are off the back of big credit card fees, Australian banks have the highest margins in the world, they're reeling in the money," Mr Latham said. "Whatever can ...

ANZ first bank to change home lending rates

ANZ has been one of the first major banks to respond to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 5 per cent, by increasing interest rates for home and residential investment lending by 0.25% per annum. ...