Credit Card Brands
Insight: the great credit card gouge
Insight Ever noticed that if you buy a domestic airline ticket with a credit card, you'll be charged an extra fee of $7 or so?
Plastic debt swells to record $50 billion
Clancy Yeates Australian credit card debt has struck a new record high of $50 billion, ballooning by almost a third in the past five years.
Play your cards right to minimise interest
A swift transfer to a low-interest option offers a solution, writes Penny Pryor.
Season credit card offers all about the bottom line
Bina Brown Financial institutions have emerged with some of the most aggressive credit card offers seen.
Amex cuts penalty fee
Ben Butler Credit regulator has forced American Express to stop charging punitive interest rates.
You make your own rewards
Anneli Knight Frequent flyer points aren't to be scoffed at but avoid unnecessary spending for the sake of earning more.
House rules reversed
John Collett Reversal of the relaxation of foreign ownership restrictions is welcome.
Demand fuels housing boom
John Collett Even with higher interest rates, there's no reason for thinking house prices will stop rising.
