Home Loans

Choosing your mortgage provider can sometimes involve as much research as locating your ideal property. After all, you wouldn’t purchase the first property you saw without looking inside, so why would you treat your mortgage this way?

Alex Ritchie -

05 Mar, 2024 -

6 min read

Home Loans

What the ANZ bank fees case means for credit card customers

Home Loans

Ever wondered which of the high-profile banks offers the cheapest home loan? You might be surprised to learn that it��_s not a member of Australia��_s big four.

Nick Bendel -

16 Nov, 2017 -

2 min read

Credit Cards

Here is everything you need to know about how credit card points can be limited and even removed by your card provider.

Alex Ritchie -

01 Sep, 2023 -

4 min read

Credit Cards

ANZ customers fighting to have late payment fees of up to $35 reimbursed were dealt a unexpected and bitter blow today when the High Court ruled in favour of the bank. What does it mean for you?

Jodie Humphries -

27 Jul, 2016 -

3 min read

Credit Cards

Laine Gordon -

27 May, 2010 -

3 min read

Credit Score

Comprehensive credit reporting is a system which includes both positive and negative information on a person’s credit file, to make credit reports fairer and more accurate.

Mark Bristow -

07 Nov, 2023 -

3 min read

Savings Accounts

Most Australian women are struggling to save money on a regular basis. ANZ research found that 56 percent of women do not save money on a regular basis, with 58 percent of women having less than $5,000 in their savings accounts.

Laine Gordon -

01 Feb, 2010 -

3 min read

Savings Accounts

Who's paying the big rates on savings accounts?

Laine Gordon -

16 Nov, 2009 -

3 min read

Savings Accounts

The banks take the battle for Gen Y's savings to a new frontier, using social networking to become the internet generation's new BFF. The spike in the cost of wholesale funding has led to unprecedented competition among lenders for deposit and savings accounts.

Laine Gordon -

17 Mar, 2010 -

3 min read

Term Deposits

Term deposit rates on the rise but major banks stay still

Laine Gordon -

26 Nov, 2010 -

3 min read

Term Deposits

Last year more than one-third of Australian investors voted with their feet to increase their holdings in products such as term deposits and other savings products. Investors with money to spare are continuing to look to cash products in 2011 to provide maximum security with attractive returns.

Laine Gordon -

04 Mar, 2011 -

3 min read

Term Deposits

Have you been with your bank for years and are looking to investment the money you have saved up into a term deposit? Typically your current bank will be the first point of call, mainly due to the fact that you are loyal and believe your bank will automatically offer the best rates but this is not necessarily true.

Laine Gordon -

09 Dec, 2010 -

3 min read

Bank Accounts

Banking families: who belongs with who?

Bank Accounts

Find accounts with no ATM fees for withdrawals at foreign ATMs. RateCity compares the best of everyday accounts across Australia.

Bank Accounts

Australians are being urged to use their ATM cards wisely after RateCity.com.au analysis of RBA figures shows that collectively we forked out an estimated $548 million in avoidable ATM fees in the past year. ATM fees can be avoided by taking out money when using EFTPOS at the supermarket or the service station or switching to an account that has no ATM fees.

RateCity -

16 Jun, 2016 -

3 min read

Online Trading

It’s now possible to buy and sell shares online, via online broking companies. Find out about it all here.

RateCity -

22 Aug, 2011 -

2 min read

Car Loans

Slash your car loan by $1000s in under 30 minutes

Personal Loans

Avoid the interest free rip off

Laine Gordon -

01 Jul, 2008 -

3 min read