Australians are confident house prices will rise between now and the end of September, driven by the general consensus that interest rates will remain stable for the foreseeable future.

In fact Australians are showing their highest levels of confidence towards house…

Some financial services companies exude arrogance in the belief they have a great deal to offer Australia’s very rich convinced if only they could find them their business would be all the more profitable.

At the guts of this rationale is…

It’s already a tight squeeze in the financial services market by way of number of players competing for each and every consumer dollar.

In the mortgage market in particular, the sheer diversity of business models can be a source of much…

Chinese bank customers not wanting to wait for recent Government efforts to reduce the lengthy waiting times being endured across the nation’s retail bank outlets do have one alternative for beating the lunchtime queues.

The only downside is they may end…

The common mistake in branding within financial services is that awareness is the same as affection, when this just isn’t the case.

Awareness is certainly a starting point, but it’s got nothing to do with the desire to use a service…

This year’s Federal election in Australia is unlikely to hinge on issues relating to financial services, yet the outcome is being keenly monitored by the industry’s power brokers and lobbyists.

With this in mind readers may be interested to hear of…