Credit Cards

Credit card debt attracting interest charges has risen for the third month in a row in a sign an increasing number of households are struggling to get on top of their debt in 2024.

Eden Radford -

09 Apr, 2024 -

4 min read

Credit Cards

The number of credit cards offering 0% balance transfers grew slightly at the end of 2017, offering some relief to Australians with post-holiday debt. However, despite this surge in card numbers, there are still fewer interest-free balance transfer cards available than there were in mid-2017.

Mark Bristow -

05 Jan, 2018 -

2 min read

Credit Cards

The trend towards low-rate credit cards has made an impact on the Australian marketplace, with the average credit card interest rate on RateCity falling to a new low in April 2018.

Mark Bristow -

05 May, 2018 -

2 min read

Home Loans

As Australia��_s interest-only crackdown passes its one year anniversary, it turns out that interest-only mortgage rates for investors have been quietly falling. Interest-only home loan rates for investors increased between April 2017 and November 2017 - but then decreased between December 2017 and March 2018.

Nick Bendel -

08 Apr, 2018 -

2 min read

Home Loans

Mark Bristow -

18 Jan, 2018 -

2 min read

Home Loans

Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA) have released the June 2017 quarter real estate market snapshot, which shows that median house prices and sales are falling alongside rent prices.

Alex Ritchie -

08 Sep, 2017 -

2 min read

Car Loans

Australia��_s sales of new motor vehicles rose at the end of December 2017, wrapping up a strong year for the nation��_s automotive market.

Mark Bristow -

16 Jan, 2018 -

3 min read

Car Loans

Australians bought fewer new vehicles in June 2018 than they did at the same time the previous year, according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).

Mark Bristow -

06 Jul, 2018 -

2 min read

Car Loans

If you��_re in the market for a car loan you may want to consider adding Lexus to your list of options, as the car manufacturer has been named the winner of the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Award ��_Best of the Best��_ for 2017.

Alex Ritchie -

26 Feb, 2018 -

2 min read

Bank Accounts

Below is RateCity��_s regularly updated list of which lenders allow non-customers to make free withdrawals from their ATMs.

Nick Bendel -

29 Sep, 2017 -

1 min read

Bank Accounts

The latest job figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the nation��_s unemployment rate held steady over October 2017.

Mark Bristow -

17 Nov, 2017 -

2 min read

Bank Accounts

Australian travellers lost $442 million in overseas bank fees and charge over 2017, according to new research from ING. At the individual level, this breaks down to paying $155 per person, per trip, for the convenience of accessing their finances internationally.

Mark Bristow -

09 Feb, 2018 -

2 min read

Personal Loans

It was a tough financial year for Australia��_s debtors, with the number of personal insolvencies growing to its highest figures in nearly a decade.

Mark Bristow -

19 Jul, 2018 -

2 min read

Personal Loans

While Australians are pouring more money into their homes, we��_re not borrowing as much with our personal loans or credit cards, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Mark Bristow -

13 Jul, 2017 -

2 min read

Personal Loans

More Australians are struggling to manage debt, mortgage stress and financial hardship, with the number of bankruptcies and debt agreements around the country increasing over the past three months.

Mark Bristow -

19 Oct, 2017 -

2 min read

Savings Accounts

Nick Bendel -

15 Jun, 2017 -

2 min read

Savings Accounts

When it comes to personal debt, Queenslanders are struggling the most.

Alex Ritchie -

25 May, 2017 -

5 min read

Savings Accounts

New labour market numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicate that while there were fewer Australians out of work in April 2017, many of them were in part-time jobs.

Mark Bristow -

19 May, 2017 -

2 min read

Superannuation

A December 2017 rally provided enough of a boost to push estimated annual returns on Australian superannuation funds into double digits. This annual return is understood to not only be the sixth positive annual return in a row, but to be well above the annual 10-year average.

Mark Bristow -

02 Jan, 2018 -

2 min read

Superannuation

The average age at which Australians intend to retire has increased by more than four years over the past decade, new research has found. Roy Morgan Research surveys from December 2017 found that the average age of Australians intending to retire in the next 12 months was 61.9 years.

Nick Bendel -

17 Mar, 2018 -

2 min read

Investment Funds

Australia��_s stocks have gone steadily backwards over the past six months, with the All Ordinaries ending September at 5,744.90.

Nick Bendel -

05 Oct, 2017 -

2 min read

Investment Funds

Australia��_s managed funds industry grew 9.2 per cent during the last financial year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed.

Nick Bendel -

08 Sep, 2017 -

1 min read

Investment Funds

Australia��_s stock market posted solid gains in 2017, thanks to strong growth during the final quarter. The All Ordinaries rose 7.8 per cent over the year.

Nick Bendel -

02 Jan, 2018 -

2 min read

Home Loans

Rates of the Nation Report, January 2017

Superannuation

After backlash from both savers and crossbenchers, the Government came to a compromise last week and shelved one of its most controversial super plans.

RateCity -

20 Sep, 2016 -

3 min read

Cryptocurrency

Binance is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms in terms of trading value, and Binance Coin (called BNB today) is its native cryptocurrency.

Jodie Humphries -

21 Jul, 2022 -

2 min read

Cryptocurrency

Polygon is a decentralized platform on top of Ethereum that enables developers to build applications that can be scaled up and offer high-speed transactions, low fees, and security. MATIC is Polygon’s native cryptocurrency.

Jodie Humphries -

13 Apr, 2022 -

3 min read