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10 August 2009
 
If you can’t pay all of your debt within the interest free period you may be better off with a card that features no interest free period and a lower interest rate.If your card debt is getting out of control you may like to consider using a cash advance from a low rate card to pay off a high rate card.Interest free periods do not apply to cash advances.Many store cards are issued by finance companies and come with a high interest rate and little or no interest free period.
 
Source : The Daily Telegraph
 
 
31 August 2009 - Government checks up on bank rate rises
 
28 August 2009 - Rumours of rate rises next week
  - Rates to rise by 3.0 per cent
  - Banks to ensure you can repay your debts
  - Young investors are clueless
  - The most expensive kids in history
  - Time to spring clean your finances
 
27 August 2009 - Glenn McGrath’s Visa card looks competitive
  - Housing shortage will only get worse
  - First home buyers want more help
  - ME online saver judged the best
  - CUA keeps getting bigger
  - Banks say we’re not ready to be fair
 
26 August 2009 - Your repayments are going up by $4680
  - Suncorp suffers as deposits head to big 4
  - Minimum bankruptcy debt to go up
  - Poor bankrupts to be punished
 
25 August 2009 - Aussies pay $83 off their card debt
  - Mortgage defaulters sell before repossession
  - Banks demand to know what you owe
  - Business banking customers vote for BoQ
  - Investors continue to shun shares
  - Investors urged to protect themselves
 
24 August 2009 - Online savings more popular than term deposits
  - Savers win as bank shareholders suffer
  - St George offers 1.1% home loan discount
  - Borrowers head for brokers
  - Smaller lenders making a comeback
  - Melbourne auction results stand out
 
21 August 2009 - Visa and Mastercard debit cards taking over
  - Consumers more cautious about credit
  - Aussies preferring cash to credit
  - MyState members pick up $1000
  - USaver leads market in on-call savings
 
20 August 2009 - Brace for flurry of credit card offers
  - At last banks take eftpos online
  - Beware new wave of online crime
  - Offset more flexible than Redraw
 
19 August 2009 - Six rate rises expected, starting early 2010
  - ING Direct offers customers something great
  - MyState members vote for shares
  - ASIC says ban financial commissions
  - NSW workers expecting 5% pay rise
  - ANZ admits to Storm lending mistakes
 
18 August 2009 - Frozen mortgage fund withdrawals get bigger
  - ING Direct set to revolutionise banking
 
17 August 2009 - Be prepared for higher rates says RBA
  - Melbourne auctions outshine other cities
  - Banks discounting by up to 0.7 per cent
  - Credit card debts hurt homeowners
  - Banks cut loans to first home buyers
 
14 August 2009 - Houses set to become more affordable
  - Aussies saving $463 per month
  - Big credit unions to merge
  - Investors coming back to banks
  - Debtors caught out by debt consolidation
  - Your time will come say Storm clients to banks
 
13 August 2009 - $10,000 exit fee to switch mortgages
  - We will decide on rates says CBA
  - Time is running out for first home buyers boost
  - CBA benefits from branch, netbank upgrades
  - Adopt a banking strategy and save
  - ANZ travel card compares well
 
12 August 2009 - ME Bank opens new branches
  - ATM fees spark irrational behaviour
  - Bankwest limits free ATM access
  - Debt puts 1 in 4 marriages under stress
  - Household debts drags CBA profit down
  - BoQ in denial over Storm loans
 
11 August 2009 - Bank fees - $10/month is too much
  - Housing cycle nears peak
  - Commonwealth raises fixed rate home loans
  - Queenslanders take to fixed rate loans
  - Fixing rates is a dangerous game
  - Panic and punches at auctions
 
10 August 2009 - Revolutionary fee-free account coming soon
  - Huge mortgages now the norm
  - Borrowers reject fixed rate loans
  - Investors flocking back to property
  - Big borrowers get rate discounts
  - Sydney, Brisbane auction results improving
 
07 August 2009 - UBank offers 5.11% on savings
  - UBank promises service
  - Rates likely to rise
  - Aussies look to fix rates
  - Don’t get fees? Get on the phone
  - Parents confused by tax returns
 
06 August 2009 - CommBank slashes penalty fees
  - ANZ thinking about penalty fees
  - ANZ says we will raise rates
  - Woolies card falling behind
  - Cashed up ANZ wants to ‘bulk up’
  - End of day loophole nets $200K
  - CBA not proud of Storm loans
 
05 August 2009 - House prices and shares up
  - Interest rates on hold – for now
  - RBA says steady as she goes
  - St George cuts fees across the board
  - Investors savage Bendigo
 
04 August 2009 - Rates must rise says government
  - Boosted first home grants still available
  - Profitable penalty fees disappearing
  - Scrap the guarantee says ANZ
  - Fee free ING wants to take on big 4
  - Lending up, deposits down at HSBC
 
03 August 2009 - Westpac slashes penalty fees to $9
  - Pressure builds on CBA & ANZ to cut penalty fees
  - Auctions going out of fashion in Sydney
  - Banks delaying mortgage approvals
  - Savers withdraw their cash
  - Bank funding gets easy again
 
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