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RBA satisfied few businesses elected to surcharge credit cards

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
A growing number of Australian businesses are imposing a surcharge on credit card users although most are still chosing not to do so, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today. The first reform measures the Reserve Bank's payments system board ...

Senator Campbell denounces FSR licence scare tactics

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Senator Ian Campbell has accused some lawyers and consultants of using scare tactics and charging companies exorbitant fees to complete financial services licence applications ahead of next year's March 11 deadline. ...

AFA announces inaugural adviser of the year

The Association of Financial Advisers and Zurich Financial Services Australia have announced that Bernie Toohey, managing director of Central Highlands Financial Services is the winner of the inaugural Zurich Adviser of the Year award. Mr Toohey has ...

ASIC to launch educational comic for indigenous communities

... also be translated into Arrernte, Walpiri and Pitjantjatjara by CAAMA Radio, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, and will be broadcast nationally through the Broadcasting Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme. The comic tackles all of ...

FPA introduces summer school to fast track education programs

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched a more flexible method of learning to fast track its students through its education courses. The FPA Summer School will provide students with an opportunity to complete existing qualifications or ...

New ASFA paper to help reduce super fraud risk

... could pose an attractive target for would-be perpetrators of fraud. A new Best Practice paper just released by the Association for Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) aims to help trustees manage, and therefore mitigate the risk of fraud and theft ...

ASFA appoints new marketing and member services manager

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Deborah Young as its new marketing and member services manager, it has announced. The appointment follows the departure of Mary Orgill from ASFA, to take up the role of national manager ...

Mixed response to government, Democrat deal on super

... contributions. Senator Sherry said only one in 10 Australians was in such a position. The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), representing over 100 funds managers and life insurers, however, welcomed the agreement. Richard Gilbert ...

ASFA hails new co-contribution super arrangements

... if they take advantage of the new co-contribution arrangements announced by the Government today, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). The new co-contribution is part of a compromise deal on super worked out between ...

ASFA conference to host Coonan and Latham

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has announced today that the ASFA National Conference 2003 SuperScorecard - the superannuation industry's biggest annual event - will be addressed by both the Shadow Treasurer Mark Latham and ...