Credit cards
Opinion
Opinion
Credit cards perks are being slashed – is yours still worth it?
Over the past decade, various benefits that once came with credit cards have been slowly dropped.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Latest
Mary Street Bakery goes back to cash after angry customers abuse staff too many times
Despite the rapidly declining use of cash, small business owners are opting to accept physical tender in a bid to keep customers happy. But the cost is high.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Why are more businesses charging extra to pay by card?
More businesses are now placing surcharges on all card payments, while they were previously only common on credit cards.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Holidays
My complete solution for managing your money while travelling
These days it’s a choice between credit cards and debit cards – and you need an armoury of these to cater for whatever may come your way.
- by Noel Whittaker
Exclusive
Home loans
Borrower beware: default risks linger despite interest rate hiatus
Credit stress is most concentrated in Australia’s two biggest states.
- by Matt Wade
Opinion
Household debt
Good, bad, or just okay? How to know when to take on debt
Any debt is bad if you can’t pay it back, but some debts are better to have than others.
- by Grace Bacon
Analysis
Aussie dollar
How to make our weak Australian dollar stretch further overseas
Credit cards are convenient but can be an expensive way to pay for things when overseas.
- by John Collett
‘Wear comfortable shoes’: Your Boxing Day sales survival guide
Shoppers will spend $1.25 billion on “unprecedented” deals as retailers look to clear and refresh stock, says the Australian Retailers Association.
- by William Ton
Online shopping, data hacks and organised criminals fuel 36 per cent rise in card fraud
Australians lost a record $677.5 million to payment fraud in the 2023 financial year, prompting yet more warnings against phishing scams.
- by Jessica Yun
American Express pursues ‘aggressive’ Australian expansion
The payment cards provider is partnering with two merchant acquirers in a bid to end the question “do you accept American Express?”
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Opinion
Why it soon might be even harder to get a loan
Australia’s biggest credit companies intend to tighten their approval criteria following an increase in the number of borrowers doing it tough.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon