Credit cards are a necessary evil in the diminishing cash world we inhabit, but so many of us don’t control the beast, bending over and paying without argument the extravagant fees and high interest demanded.

Currently there is over $32 billion…

In this lifetime the insurance industry will face its biggest challenge ever in relation to personal insurance.

Expected advancements in stem cell research will pale into insignificance the impact that major organ transplant breakthroughs have had in increasing life expectancies over…

In Britain one notable side-effect of the global financial crisis has been the rise of disengaged investors who have lost trust in the financial services industry.

Work stemming from a major new customer service awards for personal finance magazine Moneywise and undertaken…

First things first, the Commonwealth Bank is certainly big enough to look after itself, but the ‘…Australians will rightly be furious…’ comments from Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan last week were perhaps a touch unwarranted.

A ten basis point increase in CBA’s variable mortgage rate to…

The recent sabre rattling by ACCC boss Graeme Samuel at the diminishing banking competition in Australia looks set to intensify if recent rumours that National Australia Bank is poised to purchase ING Bank Australia ring true.

ING Bank, better known as…

Job losses have affected an additional 200,000 Australians over the past quarter despite the flat economic growth figures released this week.

11.3% of Australians point to a member of their household losing their job over the past three months, up from…