Credit Card articles

Most news reports and articles are quick to draw a link between high credit card balances and low levels of savings or high savings and more proactive repayments.  read more >

The popularity of television shows like MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules has done wonders for the restaurant industry, but it may not be quite enough.

Top restaurants may have received increased exposure from these shows, along with widely-read reviews in print, on sites like Urbanspoon and the burgeoning foodie blogging community, new research shows restaurants are not the port of call for most Australians. read more >

Credit cards and balances go hand in hand but new research suggests that your health could also be linked to this type of debt.

A study by the University of Michigan has found that people are more likely to delay and avoid medical and dental care if they have credit card debt. read more >

Once upon a time credit card privacy protection was focused on how to keep your details safe when you handed your card over to a cashier or received a new one in the mail.

But as technology has evolved, so too have the number of ways for fraud to occur and, in turn, the number of scammers targeting cardholders has also risen. read more >

Most people assume credit card fraud is something they will hear about in the news, or even from friends and family. 

But if it happened to you, would you actually speak up? The latest data suggests most of us wouldn’t. read more >

Interest rates have become so closely linked with personal finances that its hard to imagine a life without them.

But the rates we are charged for various loans and credit cards do not always make much sense when you look at them side by side. read more >

Credit card rewards points gain a lot more value once you can claim different offers and turn those numbers into more literal benefits. read more >

Credit cards are often considered as separate from other loans, but these pieces of plastic can cause just as much havoc as other financial products. read more >

Rivalry between Qantas and Virgin is reaching new heights as these two companies develop greater alliances, rewards and cards for us to use both here and overseas. read more >

PayPal Here may be designed to make paying anyone, anywhere easier but handing your credit card over to a stranger may go against your instincts. read more >